16.29 Can you use soaps and synthetic detergents to check the hardness of water?

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Soaps can be very easily used for checking the hardness of water as soap lathers with soft water and with hard water, soap is precipitated.

On the other hand, synthetic detergents are soluble in hard water and soft water. Hence it cannot be used for checking the hardness of water.

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