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2. Water softening - Wikipedia

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   Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes

3. Spacers and standoffs - Wikipedia

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   In general, a spacer is a solid material used to separate two parts in an assembly. Spacers can vary in size from microns to centimeters. They can be made of metal, plastic, glass, and other materials. Shapes include flat sheet, cylindrical and spherical. Two sizes of metal standoffs and one plastic standoff.

4. Calgon (water softener) - Wikipedia

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   In Portugal, the Calgon advertisement jingle has been the same popular one [1] [better source needed] for almost 30 years. [when?In Italy, Calgon was called Calfort from 1965 to early 2008.

5. Belleville washer - Wikipedia

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   In a spring-stack, disc springs can be stacked in the same or in an alternating orientation and of course it is possible to stack packets of multiple springs stacked in the same direction. Disc springs have a number of advantageous properties compared to other types of springs: [4] Very large loads can be supported with a small installation space,

6. Stuffing box - Wikipedia

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   The stuffing box prevents water from entering the boat's hull. In many small fiberglass boats, for example, the stuffing box is mounted inboard near the point the shaft exits the hull . The "box" is a cylindrical assembly, typically of bronze, comprising a sleeve threaded on one end to accept adjusting and locking nuts.

7. Thomas Clark (chemist) - Wikipedia

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   He became known for the discovery of the phosphate of soda, and the process of lime softening of hard water the 'Clark process'. A Clark degree (°Clark) of water hardness is defined as one grain (64.8 mg) of CaCO 3 per Imperial gallon (4.55 litres) of water, equivalent to 14.254 ppm. and 10^5 parts of water