Understanding Calcium Carbonate Scale
1 CK-12 Textbook. (2022). 6.10: Alkaline Earth Metals.Introductory Chemistry (CK-12). UC Davis LibreTexts. 2 Because elemental calcium (Ca) is considered unstable, it is usually more present as Ca 2+.This is called a cation because it is positively charged, and therefore it seeks negatively charged ions like carbonate (CO 3 2-) to bind to.The result is …
