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    The document describes a procedure for determining the hardness of water through EDTA titration. Hardness is classified as soft, moderately hard, hard, or very hard depending on the concentration of calcium and magnesium ions measured in mg/L of calcium carbonate. The titration involves adding EDTA to a sample until the color changes from wine red to blue, indicating that the calcium and magnesium ions have been complexed. The volume of EDTA used can then be used to calculate the total hardness in mg/L of calcium carbonate.

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    The document describes a procedure for determining the hardness of water through EDTA titration. Hardness is classified as soft, moderately hard, hard, or very hard depending on the concentration of calcium and magnesium ions measured in mg/L of calcium carbonate. The titration involves adding EDTA to a sample until the color changes from wine red to blue, indicating that the calcium and magnesium ions have been complexed. The volume of EDTA used can then be used to calculate the total hardness in mg/L of calcium carbonate.

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    The document describes a procedure for determining the hardness of water through EDTA titration. Hardness is classified as soft, moderately hard, hard, or very hard depending on the concentration of calcium and magnesium ions measured in mg/L of calcium carbonate. The titration involves adding EDTA to a sample until the color changes from wine red to blue, indicating that the calcium and magnesium ions have been complexed. The volume of EDTA used can then be used to calculate the total hardness in mg/L of calcium carbonate.

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    EXPERIMENT NO-6 Determination of Hardness in a sample of water:-

    Background: Hard Water: Hard waters are generally considered to be those waters that require
    considerable amounts of soap to produce foam and that also produce scale in water pipes,
    heaters, boilers and other units in which the temperature of water is increased. Hard water are
    appropriate for human consumption similar to that as soft waters, however it produces adverse
    actions with soap and thus their use for cleaning purposes is unsatisfactory and thus their
    removal from water is required. Hardness of waters varies from place to place. In general,
    surface waters are softer than ground waters. Waters are commonly classified based on degree of
    hardness

    Classification of hardness types

    Hardness (mg/L) Degree of hardness

    0-75 Soft

    75-100 Moderately hard

    150-300 Hard

    >300 Very hard

    Hardness is most commonly measured by titration with an EDTA solution. A titration involves
    adding small amounts of a solution to a water sample until the sample changes color. You can
    titrate a sample for total hardness using a burette .

    Total hardness is defined as the sum of the calcium and magnesium concentrations, both
    expressed as calcium carbonate in mg/L. When hardness (numerically) is greater than the sum of
    carbonate and bicarbonate alkalinity, amount of hardness equivalent to the total alkalinity is
    called “Carbonate hardness”. . When the hardness is numerically equal to or less than the sum of
    carbonate and bicarbonate alkalinity all of the hardness is carbonate hardness and there is no non
    carbonate hardness. The hardness may range from zero to hundreds of milligrams per litre in
    terms of calcium carbonate, depending on the source and treatment to which the water has been
    subjected.

    Ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid and its sodium salts (EDTA) form a chelated soluble complex
    when added to a solution of certain metal cations. If a small amount of a dye such as Eriochrome
    black T is added to an aqueous solution containing calcium and magnesium ions at a pH of 10 ±
    0.1, the solution will become wine red. If EDTA is then added as a titrant, the calcium and
    magnesium will be complexed. After sufficient EDTA has been added to complex all the
    magnesium and calcium, the solution will turn from wine red to blue. This is the end point of the
    titration.

    Apparatus
    1. Burette
    2. Pipette
    3. Erlenmeyer flask
    4. Bottle etc.

    Reagents
    1. Standard EDTA titrant (0.01 M)
    2. Eriochrome black T indicator
    3. Ammonia buffer solution

    Procedure
    1. Dilute 25 mL of sample (V) to about 50 mL with distilled water in an Erlenmeyer flask.
    2. Add 1 mL of buffer solution.
    3. Add two drops of indicator solution. The solution turns wine red in colour.
    4. Add the standard EDTA titrant slowly with continuous stirring until the last reddish tinge
    disappears from the solution. The colour of the solution at the end point is blue under normal
    conditions.
    5. Note down the volume of EDTA added (V1).
    Hardness as CaCO3= 1000 V1 = ..........mg / L

    See the link below for demonstration:-

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X9r95OyOaI&ab_channel=DCVMUDCVMU

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