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Solubility

I've just reverted a good-faith edit by Weneedwikipedia‎ to the solubility_other parameter in Template:Chembox, intending to move Weneedwikipedia‎'s new content to solvent_other, but the template does not have this parameter. Should we record the fact that water is an excellent solvent in the infobox, or is it sufficient to record the fact later in the running text? Dbfirs 11:34, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sum vs product of concentrations

@Smokefoot:, are you sure in changing "product of the concentrations" to "sum of the concentrations" here? The product of the concentrations/(or to be more correct, activities) would remain constant as K_w.. Galobtter (pingó mió) 17:56, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oops and yikes. --Smokefoot (talk) 18:03, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hard water

explain Hard water and soft water and how to reduce the hardness — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.206.5.28 (talk) 12:34, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Because it is such a huge topic, we have lots of articles about water. This article is about certain technical properties of water. As the Hatnote says: see Water for a more general discussion. That article will take you to Water hardness. -Arch dude (talk) 16:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been thoroughly written. The lead section lays the foundation for the rest of the article, explaining the basics of water. The article does a great job building upon information to create a cohesive explanation of water and its many qualities. The article also references many different sources. Jkierna6 (talk) 06:02, 11 September 2021 (UTC)Jkierna6[reply]