Sol writes: > ...The point of boiling before distilling is that preheating the water > before putting it into the still shortens the distilling time somewhat.
Also, it will drive off volatiles that might be in the water which have boiling points below 100C. They'd boil off, condense in the distiller and go right back into your product if you didn't vent them to the air first. Another way to do the same thing is to simply discard the first part of the batch which would contain the volatiles and use the rest. Thanks, sol. Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
