Water
is known as the world's universal solvent. Its
ability to dissolve rock and sediment has created
some of the worlds must stunning sights, like the
Grand Canyon. The result of dissolving rock and
limestone is the introduction of high concentrations
of calcium and magnesium, or 'hard water'.
The amount of calcium and magnesium in the water
varies based on the amount needed to balance that
water. As that water evaporates the concentration of
minerals grows and results in water that forms
scale. This is called 'saturation'.
Scale is not a random occurrence. Scale is the
result of too much calcium and magnesium ('hard
water') being present in your water. The water
attempts to balance itself by precipitating out
dissolved calcium and magnesium in the form of scale
and limestone deposits
Scale can have an adverse effect on many appliances
in the home including the dishwasher, water heater,
fridge, sink faucets and shower heads. Scale will
clog these items or cause damage to o-rings and
valves that result in costly repairs.
In your water heater, heating up the water causes
scale to form quicker and can result in your heating
element burning out much faster than normal.
'Hardness' that is trying to scale can also
interfere with your detergents and form soap scum.
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How "water softeners" deal with "hard water"? |
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"Hard water" problems can be taken care of with
a water softener. A water softener is any
device, substance or process that when applied
will result in any, or all of the following
benefits to varying degrees in the areas of
scale reduction, improved cleaning /
housekeeping and subjective improvements in
personal care. Pelican's salt free water
softener offers you independent third party
performance tested scale prevention, along with
improved cleaning and housekeeping benefits
while also offering you a reduction in detergent
use.
Pelican Natursoft Salt Free Water Softeners "soften"
water by taking varying amount of minerals from
solution through precipitation as well as reducing
the water's surface tension. More importantly,
without the use of chemicals, physical water
treatment also produces superior scale reduction and
even remove existing scale deposits other water
treatment methods lack.
Watch video
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Physical Water Treatment - The Science Behind it |
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The
NaturSoft media has calcium carbonate crystal structures
on its surface that will attract excess dissolved
hardness and remove it from solution by integrating it
into the crystal structures on the media. This results
in the crystals on the media surface to grow larger. The
movement of water and friction among the individual
media granules rubbing against each other will cause
fragments of these newly grown crystal structures to be
fragmented off the media and released into the passing
water.
Those free flowing calcium carbonate crystals
then continue to travel through a plumbing system as
suspended particles where they perform the same role as
the media in the NaturSoft system itself, i.e. acting as
seed crystals further buffering the effects of any
changes in the scale potential of the water downstream
by absorbing excess mineral into their structure and
themselves spawning the creation of additional micro
crystals.
Learn about the science behind
the NaturSoft Softener by Pelican.
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