Boiler water chemical treatment is necessary to prevent or control scale and deposit formation. The formation of scale and sludge can cause tube failures, restrict circulation, reduce system efficiency, and compromise your boiler system’s reliability.

Boiler scale is a deposit that forms directly on heat transfer surfaces when constituent solubility limits are exceeded and the resulting compounds precipitate onto the tube surfaces. Such deposits may contain calcium, magnesium, phosphate, iron, and silica. A tenacious form of boiler scale results when calcium precipitates in the form of calcium carbonate.