Don Straatman wrote:

> Am I missing something here? How can you have 'water that is very
> pure,
> but also very acid'?
> I always thought that pure water would be neutral.
> Don
>
> I quote from McGaw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology:

"Pure water at normal temperature has a pH of 7.0"

pH7.0 is neutral.    6.0 is acid.

Hope this helps

Terry