The invention discloses a
rapid detection method for total
hardness of domestic drinking water. The method comprises the following steps: respectively and accurately measuring three 50mL water samples in a 150ml conical flask, marking as 1, 2 and 3, respectively and sequentially adding 1mL-2mL
buffer solution and 5 drops of chrome black T indicator, immediately titrating by using a Na2EDTA
standard solution until the color of the solution is changed into pure blue from
amaranth and does not fade within half a minute, immediately stopping
titration, recording the consumption volume of EDTA, if the
water sample contains
metal interference ions, additionally taking the
water sample, and if the
water sample contains
metal interference ions, recording the consumption volume of the EDTA. 0.5 mL of
hydroxylamine hydrochloride and
sodium sulfide solution or 0.5 mL of
potassium cyanide solution is added for parallel
titration, when the content of
bicarbonate of
calcium and
magnesium in a water sample is large, the water sample needs to be acidified in advance,
carbon dioxide is removed through heating,
suspended solids or colloidal
organic matter contained in the water sample can affect observation of an end point, the water sample can be evaporated to
dryness in advance and ashed at 550 DEG C, residues are dissolved with pure water, then
titration is conducted, and the content of
calcium and
magnesium in the water sample is measured. Each water sample is subjected to parallel titration operation for five times, each group of numerical values is recorded, the average value of the numerical values is taken, the total
hardness of the
tap water to be measured is calculated, and the total
hardness limit value is 450 mg / L,
soft water is 0-150 mg / L, medium
hard water is 151-300 mg / L,
hard water is 301-450 mg / L, and
hard water is above 450 mg / L. The method can be used for rapidly detecting the total hardness of the domestic drinking water.