Determination of Water Hardness

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Determination of Water Hardness Purpose: Define soft and hard water in order to determine how CaCO3 affects water hardness and how to measure it. Procedure: I was able to measure the water hardness by performing an EDTA/EBT titration on a local water supply. The concentration of Ca2+ ions in the local water supply sample was then estimated. Data table 1: EDTA Titration Volume Initial EDTA Volume (mL) Final EDTA Volume (mL) Total volume of EDTA use (mL) Trial 1 10 mL 7.5mL 2.5mL Trial 2 11 mL 6.5mL 4.5mL Trial 3 13mL 10mL 3mL Average Volume of EDTA Used (mL):3.33m Data Table 2: Water Hardness Average Volume of EDTA used (mL) Concentration of CA2+ ions per liter of water (mol/L) Water Hardness (ppm CaCO3) 3.33mL 0.00333 mol/L 333.2 ppm Observation: I observed that each water had a different volume. Different waters were soft and hard Questions: A. Because our calculations came out to 333.2ppm for the water hardness I would classify the water as very hard. Anything above 180 ppm is very hard water. B. 8oz x 8 oz =64 oz x 29.57mL= 1892mL=1.9Lx333.2mg/L=632.7mg C. 1Lx333mg/L=333mgCa/1150mgCa=.289 x 100=28.9%
Conclusion: can now recognize the difference between soft and hard water and understand that the minerals in a water supply determine whether it is hard or soft. I'm also more acquainted with titrator and EDTA/EBT solutions.
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