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softening

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Reduction of the hardness of water by removing hardness-forming ions (chiefly calcium and magnesium) by precipitation or ion exchange, or sequestering them as by combining them with substances such as certain phosphates, that form soluble but non-ionized salts. (Source: BJGEO)

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/aliss_scripts/concept/7839

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