8-11-98, Bob Wells wrote: > > I have a Sears model. I'm trying to visualize it as I write this. > I don't think the heating element ever comes in contact with the > water. The heating element is outside the stainless steel vessel. > Therefore, no nickel should reach the water. Furthermore, I don't > think nickel molecules could rise with the steam even if nickel > did absorb into the water. Therefore, I can't imagine any toxic > substances moving from the vessel where the water is held into the > final distilled water container. But please correct me if I'm > wrong. > Bob Wells
Bob, I thought Joyce reported she was cleaning the heating element _inside_ the boiler of her Sears distiller, but anyway, some home distillers are constructed this way. I presume that professional chemistry labs 'triple distill' their water because some measurable trace amount of minerals(?) actually do pass through the first two distillation stages. I guess it might depend on how vigorously the water was boiled. Of course, triple distilling would also help remove organic chemical contaminates. However, the condenser (in home distillers) is usually stainless steel, and this is in contact with the hot output steam, and condensing distilled water, where it can dissolve some nickel, if nickel is part of the condenser alloy. Lab distillers use an expensive (and fragile) glass condenser unit which eliminates this potential 'dissolving of metals' problem. I have a hunch that ultra- trace levels (homeopathic doses) of ionic nickel may be highly toxic to some people, depending upon their 'total toxic load', 'total allergen load', immune activation, immune sensitization (to nickel), etc. The best distillers are 'all glass'. --Bill -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
