What is tartar?
Scaling process and its inhibition in industrial water systems

"Scale" is a generic term referring to various precipitates. Given the quality of soils and therefore natural waters, limescale is mainly formed from calcium carbonate (CaCO ₃ ), but by extension it refers to other compounds that can be found in industry, such as calcium sulfate (CaSO ₄ ), calcium oxalate (CaC ₂ O ₄ ), calcium phosphate (Ca ₅ (PO ₄ ) ₃ OH), calcium or magnesium silicates (Ca ₂ SiO _...