Chalk consists of calcium-carbonate-crystals made from calcium and magnesium.
Depending on the content the water works evaluate an up-to-date hardness
grade (°E) for drinking water.
Limescale prophylaxis:
Many customers report about significantly less calcification.
However, we would like to point out that we do not replace conventional means of decalcification.
Reverse osmosis equipment will deliver the best results for this.
Our experience shows that a combination of ion exchange and Elisa modules delivers astonishing results (referneces on request).
If you need detailed advice on this, please contact us.
We do our best and are aware that business connections are only right for us when winners are to be expected on both sides.
Calcification
Calcium in the water does not harm your health, but it settles as stubborn calcification
in pipes, washing machines, on heater rods and fittings. Kettles and coffee
machines have a shorter life span, tea and other hot drinks are topped with unappetising
coating. A lot of people battle with the chalk deposits in their water.
However, calcification is not so much a problem of the water itself as of the way
it flows. In nature, free flowing water does not form any calcification, not even
water from wells or ground water layers with a high concentration of calcium and
magnesium. How is that possible?
The answer is flowing in the stream
In moving water such as mountain streams, the molecule clusters are dissolved
in intensive whirls and undulating walls of water. Therefore
they can’t attach to any foreign bodies or calcium-carbonate crystals.
These “freed” crystals are now available as molecular calcium building blocks
and mostly form smaller, round crystals instead of larger, branched ones.
Due to their structure, the bonding capacity of these “chalk-balls” to pipes or walls
is very low. And as flowing water – tending to form swirls – runs faster towards
the middle of the stream, there are no limescale deposits along the sides either.
Changed crystallisation behaviour in ElisaWater
ElisaWater copies this natural process. The whirling and high level of energy
make sure that no branched calcium crystals are formed. The softer chalk balls
flow directly into the drainage without leaving deposits.
In kettles, jugs or
bath tubs the chalk
deposits as a soft,
granular layer at
the bottom that can
easily be washed out
or wiped off with a
sponge.
