Missed it on Discovery but saw my chemistry teacher do it in class.  
She distilled all our water for our experiments in the lab. It was the  
only water she would drink. :)
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Brian

On Jun 28, 2009, at 5:17 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Oxygen content in water varies with water temperature. Colder water  
> holds more O2 (and other gases) than warm water. Makes for  
> interesting thermodynamic effects and ocean currents. Colder, more  
> oxygen rich water also supports more life and holds more nutrients.  
> Just ask a whale.
>
> Say, while watching Discovery, did you see the guy extract H2 from  
> water using a modest electrical charge, capture it in a bottle, then  
> burn it? Figure out how to do that on a large scale and distribute  
> it widely and you'd be a hero in de Troit.
>
>> The lost oxygen was what had been dissolved in the water, not the  
>> O2 from the water molecule itself.
>> --
>> Brian
>>
>> On Jun 28, 2009, at 3:36 PM, richardsan wrote:
>>
>>> if the oceans, had, at one time, lost their oxygen[evident by  
>>> paleo pyrite crystal formations] then what did the water consist of?
>>> if the oxygen molecule isn't present, then it wasn't water, right?

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