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Can you use soaps and synthetic detergents to check the hardness of water?

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1)Soaps are used to check the hardness of water because soaps form insoluble precipitate with hard water.
2) Detergents are soluble In both types of water i.e hardwater and soft water,so detergents are not used to check the hardness of water.
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