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What Is Ion Exchange?
Ion exchange is a water treatment process commonly used for water softening or demineralization, but it also is used to remove other…
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Pitting Corrosion
If corrosion occurs in metal pipes, the pipes might start leaking over time. In the vernacular this is also called…
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Corrosion in boilers
Corrosion is the reversion of a metal to its ore form. Iron, for example, reverts to iron oxide as the result of…
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Foaming and priming in boilers
Boiler water carry-over is the contamination of the steam with boiler-water solids. Bubbles or froth actually build up on the surface…
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Types of Boiler Chemicals
There are two main groups of Chemicals for Boilers to choose from. One chemical group for boilers is for steam…
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Boiler Water Treatment Chemicals
Boiler water treatment; Industrial boilers and steam raising plant are used extensively in many commercial, manufacturing and industrial processes. To ensure…
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EFFECTS OF OXYGEN
The most harmful of the dissolved gases is oxygen, which can cause pitting of metal. Very small amount of oxygen…
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What is Reverse Osmosis?
Osmosis is a naturally occurring phenomenon and one of the most important processes in nature. It is a process where…
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Water Desalination Processes
Water desalination processes separate dissolved salts and other minerals from water. Feedwater sources may include brackish, seawater, wells, surface (rivers…
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Caustic Soda in Water Treatment
Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, or NaOH) is a commonly used water treatment chemical that raises the pH of water by…
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Alkalinity Water Treatment
The Water Quality Association defines alkalinity as the quantitative capacity of water to neutralize an acid; that is, the measure…
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Salinometer for Ballast Water Treatment
FunctionThe salinometer measures and supervises the salinity (salt content) by conductivity measurement in sea water. The measured value is displayed as…