In a message dated 11/2/2001 10:49:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> Subj:Re: CS>On the Corrosion of Copper in DW > Date:11/2/2001 10:49:27 AM Eastern Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > The solubility of copper goes way up as ph goes down. See > http://www.nsf.org/newsletters/plumbing99-1/coppercert.html > > Although copper is slightly soluble in pure wter, I think much of the > problem with distilled water may be that it can quickly absorb enough > CO2 to drop the ph into the region where copper is quite soluble. > > Marshall > Marshall: I still need to know what's going to oxidize copper (even slightly) to form Cu++ when only CO2 is present in DW. Roger
