How does sulfuric acid affect hardness (CaCO3) of water?

Subject: How does sulfuric acid affect hardness (CaCO3) of water?

Date: Fri May 14 07:51:38 1999
Posted by Steve
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Area of science: Chemistry
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At work we were arguing about the reasons for adding sulfuric 
acid to our cooling tower water.  We are required to keep the ph 
under 8, although we don't know why other than somehow it 
prevents scaling.

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