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Water Ch. 20 Flashcards

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1
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What is Hard Water?

A

Water that will not form a lather easily with soap.

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What is Temporary Hardness?

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Hardness in water that can be removed by boiling.

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What is Temporary Hardness caused by?

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Hydrogencarbonate anions (Mg(HCO3)2 or Ca(HCO3)2

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Chemical formula for temporary hardness

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H2O + CO2 + CaCO3 -> Ca(HCO3)2

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What happens when you boil temporary hardness?

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Ca(HCO3)2 + Heat -> CaCO3 + CO2 + H2O
Forms Limescale

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What is Permanent Hardness?

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Hardness in water that can only be removed by methods other than boiling (ion exchange, distillation, deionization)

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What is Permanent Hardness caused by?

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Caused by the chlorides and sulfates of calcium and magnesium.

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What is Ion Exchange?

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Involves the water being passed through a resin where the Mg++ or Ca++ is replaced by Na+ ions
2RNa + Ca++ -> R2Ca +2Na+

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What is Deionization?

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Cations that cause Hardness are replaced by H+ ions and Anions are replaced by OH-, they then combine to form H2O resulting in no ions being in the water.

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What is Distillation?

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Removes not only the ions from the water but also the suspended solids and gases contained within the water, resulting in a pure distillate.

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How do you distinguish between carbonate and hydrogencarbonate?

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Add Magnesium Sulfate, the carbonate forms a precipitate while the hydrogencarbonate does not.

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How do you test for Sulfate anions?

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Both Sulfate and Sulfate anions react with Barium Chloride to form a white precipitate, you can then distinguish between the two by adding HCL, Barium Sulfite reacts while the Sulfate does not.

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How to test for chlorine anions?

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Chlorine anions react with silver nitrate to form a white precipitate of silver chloride.

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How to test for nitrate anions?

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Using cold freshly prepared Iron(II) sulfate and slowly adding concentrated sulfuric acid after a few moments a brown ring will form. (Known as “Brown Ring Test”)

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How do you test for phosphate anions?

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Using ammonium molybdate and concentrated nitric acid, you warm the solution gently to no greater than 40°C and a yellow precipitate should form if the anions are present.

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What are the steps for water treatment?

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Flocculation, Sedimentation, Filtration, Chlorination, Fluoridation, pH adjustment

17
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Name a flocculating agent

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Aluminium Sulfate

18
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What is Flocculation?

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Small particles clump together to facilitate settlement

19
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What is Sedimentation?

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Water is allowed to stand in tanks, allowing suspended particles to sink to the bottom.

20
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What is Chlorination

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Chlorine or sodium hypochlorite added to water to kill pathogens and micro organisms

21
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What is Fluoridation?

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Fluoride ions are added to prevent tooth decay

22
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How is the pH of water adjusted?

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Lime is added to acidic water, or sulfuric acid added to alkaline water to adjust the range of the pH to 6-8

23
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What is the primary treatment of sewage

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Involves screening and settlement, and it is a physical process which removes solids.

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What is secondary treatment?

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Is a biological process involving the oxidation by micro-organisms of the nutrients present in effluent.

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What is tertiary treatment?

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Involves the removal of phosphates and nitrates from the effluent.

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What is Eutrophication?

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The presence of excess nutrients in a water body causing over abundant plant growth.

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What are the causes of Eutrophication?

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Untreated sewage, run off from farmland of slurry or fertilizers.

28
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What is heavy metal pollution caused by?

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Mercury, cadmium and lead

29
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What are some sources of heavy metals?

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Car batteries containing lead or dry batteries containing cadmium.

30
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What are the effects of heavy metals in water?

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They are cumulative poisons that can cause serious health damage such as foetal abnormalities or minimata disease.

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How are heavy metals removed from water?

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By means of precipitation.

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