> Pyrex glass and certain plastics are about the best > you can do. Could you list some of the "certain" plastics? Such as?
Could you make comments about the use of "Teflon tubing" as a distiller condenser? I used this method successfully for many years to distill the solvent ( triclor ) used for solder flux cleaning in my manufacturing process. I do know it works well, I am just concerned about the possible "contamination" of the distilled water? Juergen P. (Jim) Meissner Check out my Website at www.MeissnerResearch.com Read about the benefits of the Brain State Synchronizer sounds for improving your life and health. ----- Original Message ----- From: M. G. Devour <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:23 AM Subject: CS>"Corrosive" water... > [email protected] wrote: > > << Distilled water is extremely corrosive. >> > > > > I think I am justing getting into this conversation. Please help me to > > understand this statement. > > > > Have I been abducted, I thought distilled water was PURE! I have an > > Ecowater Distiller! > > Both are true, Mom! (I'll use another name, if you like! <grin>) > > Pure water will in fact attack a lot of stuff... metal in particular. > If you use copper tubing in a distiller, it'll erode fairly quickly. > Stainless is better, but will still slightly contaminate the output of > the... um, still. Pyrex glass and certain plastics are about the best > you can do. > > Water is *the* universal solvent. The purer you make it, the more it > will try to dissolve whatever it comes in contact with. > > There *is* a debate over whether distilled water is good to drink or > not, but that's another issue. > > If you've decided to drink it, don't worry on account of the > "corrosive" remark, above. It may be "corrosive," but, unless > you're made of metal, relax. > > Be well, > > Mike D. > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
