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Podcast: Rule Your Pool
Episode: What is Scale? | Calcium Issues, pt. 1
Description: 00:00 - Intro01:57 - Definition of scale: Scale is the hardened deposit of a calcium compound that has precipitated out of solution. 02:30 - Analogy of sugar in a drink. This analogy explains the difference between the saturation of calcium carbonate (LSI), and the amount of calcium carbonate (calcium hardness). 06:33 - Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is the most common form of scale, by far. But there are other forms of scale: calcium silica, calcium sulfate, calcium phosphate, and probably some other obscure ones we have yet to encounter. They are more difficult to deal with....