Detergent considerations for consumers: Laundering in hard water-how much extra detergent is required?

Journal of Extension

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cameron, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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