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Brian Norden

June 23, 2021 07:51PM

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Will Gant Wrote:
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> Water contains dissolved soilds, when you boil
> water, the solids get left behind. That forms the
> basis of scale buildup.

Mineral content or hardness of the water.

This is why railroads and other industrial boiler users will test the water and often use chemicals to treat the water in order to reduce the deposit of the dissolved solids.

Brian Norden

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