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Few things are harder on your family than hard
water. It's hard on your clothes, your dishes, your pipes
and your appliances. Fortunately, no one knows more about
hard water and how to soften it than Morton® Salt. To
find out more about hard water and how Morton can make your
"hard" life a little easier, just select the topics
from the menu below.
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Your Water Softener
Turns Hard Water Into Soft Water
The principle behind water
softening is really just simple chemistry. A water
softener contains resin beads which hold electrically
charged ions. When hard water passes through the
softener, calcium and magnesium ions are attracted
to the charged resin beads. It's the resulting
removal of calcium and magnesium ions that produces
"soft water." The diagram shows the
exchange that takes place during the water softening
process.
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