Open AccessEffects of hard water on hair
Author(s) -
Gautham Srinivasan,
CR Srinivas,
Anil C Mathew,
D. Divakar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.125609
Subject(s) - distilled water , hard water , ultimate tensile strength , tap water , materials science , composite material , elasticity (physics) , chemistry , chromatography , environmental science , organic chemistry , environmental engineering
Hardness of water is determined by the amount of salts (calcium carbonate [CaCO3] and magnesium sulphate [MgSO4]) present in water. The hardness of the water used for washing hair may cause fragility of hair.