0 present participle of descale
1 to remove scale (= a layer of hard white material) from something:
There will be many noisy operations on the site, such as the descaling of the revolving drums on the backs of the lorries.
In households, diluted acetic acid is often used in descaling agents.
This environmentally friendly and recyclable soft grit abrasive is well suited for air blasting, deburring, descaling, and polishing operations because of its elasticity and resilience.
It has numerous smaller-scale applications, including household cleaning, production of gelatin and other food additives, descaling, and leather processing.
They are commonly used as descaling agents to remove limescale deposits.
Sodium carbonate is also used as a descaling agent in boilers such as those found in coffee pots and espresso machines.
Usually this requires cleaning, descaling, roughening, and/or blasting of the faying surfaces.
When compared to most of the common strong mineral acids, sulfamic acid has desirable water descaling properties, low volatility, low toxicity.
