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incrustant

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

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Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.
- It is the practice at the Columbus plant to leave between 25 and 40 parts per million incrustant hardness in the water. — 1915

noun1

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Any substance that is dissolved in water which forms an incrustation when the water evaporates.
- The total incrustants in the water, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate, are clearly the sum of their component bases, calcium and magnesium, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate. — 1905

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