Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap.
Soap does not work properly in hard water. A soap is a sodium or potassium salt of long chain carboxylic acid. Hard water contains salts of calcium and magnesium. When soap is added to hard water, sodium and potassium ions present in soap displace calcium or magnesium ions from the water molecules forming an insoluble substance called scum. A lot of soap is wasted in the process.
For example:
Sodium Stearate + Calcium chloride → Sodium chloride + Calcium Stearate (scum)
Formation of scum hinders the formation of foam, so soap is thus unable to clean in hard water.
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