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Softening of hard water

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify water softening methods from following

a)

Reverse Osmosis

b)

Deionisation

c)

Zeolite method

d)

electrodialysis

e)

activated sludge

2.

In lime soda method the principle is ----

a)

Convert soluble salt into insoluble precipitate

b)

substitute cations and anions of hardness producing salts

c)

replace cations by Na+

d)

none of the above

3.

Anion Exchange and Cation Exchange resins are part of (a)   process.

4.

In an ion exchange process, ions removed from the water are exchanged with ions of _____________ from the resin's surface.

a)

Similar charge (+ ,+)

b)

Opposite charge (+, -)

5.

Water softened by Deionisation process has residual hardness as --

a)

>50 ppm

b)

> 10 ppm

c)

< 2 ppm

d)

100 ppm

6.

Advantages of ion exchange process are

a)

Highly acidic and basic water can be treated

b)

no sludge formation

c)

cost effective method

d)

compact

e)

skilled supervisor required

7.

Disadvantage of Ion exchange process is --

a)

Costly

b)

more residual hardness

c)

Difficult to operate

d)

Turbidity and suspended particles can block the resin pores

8.

Once the water softening is done, we need to throw resins.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

In regeneration of cation exchange resin ----is used

a)

HCl, H2SO4 etc

b)

NaOH, KOH etc

c)

NaCl, Na2SO4 etc

d)

Alcohols

10.

Calcium and magnesium are replaced by ----

and Sulphates, Nitrates and chlorides are replaced by ---respectively

(a)  

11.

Write your name and roll number

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