Minerals such as calcium or magnesium, which usually exist in salt-form, disintegrate into the most minute electrically charged particles when they are solubilized in water. These are called ions. This process is called electrolytic dissociation.
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Mineralienstein mit Calcium, Magnesium und Hydrogencarbonat: ElementalImaging / iStockphoto