I believe teflon is about as inert as you can get. Marshall
Jim Meissner wrote: > > 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]> > >
