How to clean the scale in a kettle

A kettle is a cooking utensil that people use more frequently in daily life, and its main function is to boil water. Of course, if the kettle is used for a long time without being cleaned, scale is likely to form in the kettle. To a certain extent, scale can threaten human health. There are also many tips for removing scale. Here are some tips for removing scale!

1. How to remove scale in the electric kettle

Tip 1: Use vinegar to remove scale. This method is the best and simplest way to remove scale, because the main component of scale is carbonate such as calcium carbonate, and the acetic acid in vinegar reacts with it to produce water-soluble substances and carbon dioxide gas. You can buy white vinegar in the supermarket. Just add white vinegar and fill it with water, boil it and leave it for about an hour, then you can wash with it.

Tip 2: Use potato peels to remove scale. This method is very simple and easy to operate. Just put potato peels in it, then add appropriate amount of water and boil it. Cook it for about 10 minutes and then you can remove it. You also need to boil an appropriate amount of water, and then cook it for about 10 minutes to remove the dirt in the water.

Tip three: Put half a kettle full of sweet potatoes, fill it with water, cook the sweet potatoes, and then boil water. This way, scale will not accumulate. But be careful not to wipe the inner wall after boiling the sweet potatoes, otherwise the descaling effect will be lost.

Tip 4: Use baking soda to remove scale. Generally, electric kettles are made of aluminum. When you heat the kettle to boil water, scale is easily formed. Generally, we can put a small spoonful of baking soda and then boil it for a few minutes to remove the scale. Or you can pour about 500 grams of 1% baking soda water, gently shake the brush, and then the scale can be removed.

Tip 5: Boil eggs to remove scale. There will be a lot of scale when the electric kettle is first used, and scale will accumulate after using it for a long time. If you boil eggs in it twice, it will have a very good effect. Just crush the two egg shells slightly, put them in a bottle, then fill in half a pot of water, then boil it, and let it sit for half an hour, pour out the eggshells, and then rinse it twice with clean water.

2. How does electric kettle scale form?

It mainly has to do with water quality. If the water is hard, the oxygen content in the water is insufficient and the water molecules are unstable, the solubility of calcium and magnesium ions in the water will decrease, precipitation will intensify, and scale will form. As long as the water temperature exceeds 60℃, scale will definitely be produced, especially in the north where the water is relatively hard. Scale will exist in daily kettles and boilers. The solution is to clean them regularly.

3. Is scale harmful?

The main components of scale are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. my country's "Sanitary Standards for Drinking Water" allow a certain amount of calcium carbonate (magnesium), which should not exceed 450 mg per liter (calculated as calcium carbonate). Calcium and magnesium, as minerals, are beneficial to our body. For example, mineral water also contains a certain amount of calcium and magnesium. Some of the calcium and magnesium ions we drink into our bodies will be excreted through urine, while some will combine with enzymes and proteins in the body to produce calcium-containing proteins, which are beneficial to our bone growth and tooth strength.

Therefore, for water with a hardness within the national range, there is no need to specifically remove calcium and magnesium ions. On the contrary, for people who drink purified water or use water dispensers for a long time, purified water that does not contain any minerals is very unhealthy.