Explain why hard water consumes a lot of soap
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Hard water, water that contains salts of calcium and magnesium principally as bicarbonates, chlorides, and sulfates. ... Calcium and magnesium ions in hard water react with the higher fatty acids of soap to form an insoluble gelatinous curd, thereby causing a waste of the soap.
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