water softening

English

Noun

water softening (uncountable)

1. The removal of calcium and magnesium ions from water, or their replacement with sodium, either by chemical reaction or by ion exchange.

Related terms

• water softener

Translations

removal of calcium and magnesium ions from water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬水軟化／硬水软化 (yìngshuǐ ruǎnhuà)

• French: adoucissement de l’eau m
• Greek: αποσκλήρυνση (el) f (aposklírynsi)
• Romanian: dedurizare (ro) f, dedurizarea apei (ro) f

Further reading

• water softening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia