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| | Ion Exchange |
 | | When water to be treated passes through the ion exchange unit, ions in the water are attracted by either a positive or a negative charge to the ions in the resin bed. |
 | | Since the ions from within the water are usually attracted more strongly to the resins than they were held in the water, they are in effect removed from the water in the exchange process. |
 | | The most common example of an Ion exchange unit is a water softener, which are primarily used to remove calcium, magnesium and low quantities of barium, cadmium, copper, iron, manganese, radium, zinc, and other metallic, positively-charged ions. |
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