Chemistry
Give reasons for the following
A crusty 'boiler scale' is formed in boilers, when hard water is used.
Water
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As hard water contains bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium and on boiling CaCO3 or MgCO3 is formed in large scale which gets deposited as crusty 'boiler scale'.
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