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Calcium sulfate is more soluble than calcium carbonate so sulfuric acid has the has the effect of reducing the hardness of water.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989
Ca(HCO3)2
  +  
H2SO4
         
CaSO4
  +  
2
CO2
  +  
2
H2O
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Calcium hydrogen carbonate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Calcium sulfate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Type 7 Lewis Acid/Base Complexation Chemistry

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