What are the dangers of limescale? I think everyone knows that scale is harmful and not good for health. However, no one has yet studied the specific hazards involved! Therefore, today, CTO filter element manufacturers will give you a detailed explanation.

Composition of limescale

After the water is boiled, a part of the water evaporates, and the original calcium sulfate (CaSO4, gypsum is calcium sulfate containing crystalline water) is deposited. Calcium bicarbonate (Ca(HCO3)2) and magnesium bicarbonate (Mg(HCO3)2), which were originally dissolved, decompose in jubilant water and release carbon dioxide (CO2), which become insoluble calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2), and sometimes MgCO3 is formed, which constitutes limescale.

Damage from limescale

1. When these ions are dissolved in water, they will be absorbed by the human body, which will affect blood vessels, skin, etc., resulting in stone disease.

2. Limescale will scratch your skin, clog pores, and cause various skin diseases.

3. Limescale clogs the shower head, so that you often replace the shower head, forming an economical rated overhead.

4. The thermal conductivity of scale is low, and it is attached to the inside of the solar collector tube, so that the heat absorbed by the collector tube cannot be transferred to the water in time, forming a temperature that is too high, and it is easy to blow up the tube. That's the reason why the kettle is leaking. The same your solar water temperature will be lower from year to year, forming a collector tube to become invalid. Careful users will find that the solar water temperature at home is not as high as the previous year, that is, there is more limescale. It is difficult to sort out the scale, we have all sorted out the scale in the thermos, is it very hard, it is difficult to clean up. The same vacuum tube has a thin diameter, which is more difficult to finish completely.

5. Scale corrodes the inner tank, forms water leakage, damages the thermal insulation effect, and reduces the life of solar energy; The solar energy that used to be made of white iron at home leaked in a few years. That is, it is the factor of scale corrosion.

6. The scale affects the normal use of the water thermometer and electric heating, resulting in damage.

7. Limescale blocks the pipes, forming a poor flow of water, so that you often replace the faucet.