Answer to Question #107277 in Inorganic Chemistry for nigel

Question #107277

can potassium carbonate remove calcium hardness from water instead of Sodium Carbonate,
I have a KCl solution 20g/l with Calcium 500mg/l, I would normally use Na2CO3 to remove the calcium

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can potassium carbonate remove calcium hardness from water instead of Sodium Carbonate,

I have a KCl solution 20g/l with Calcium 500mg/l, I would normally use Na2CO3 to remove the calcium

Solution:

yes you can

now as equation goes

2KCl+CaSO4+H2O=K2SO4(aq)+CaCl2

hence 1 mole of K2CO3 reacts with one mole of CaSO4

20g KCl=20/74=0.27 mol

0.5 g CaSO4=0.5/136= 0.00367 mol

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08.04.20, 20:43

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03.04.20, 03:10

interesting... Normally Na2CO3 is added to precipitate Ca as CaCO3 so I was wondering if K2CO3 could be substituted to precipitate CaCO3

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