Distilled Water
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This is outrageous. A Water Dept. employee "selling" distilled water for use in a humidor. Nothing like keeping your conflict of interest out of your review pal.:gn
This may be acceptable on other forums. I thought this place was above this sort of thing.
This may be acceptable on other forums. I thought this place was above this sort of thing.
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Distilled water? I think not.http://www.mercola.com/2002/may/8/distilled_water.htm#
Water Distillation Principles
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Every element can exist in three states: as a liquid, as a solid and as a vapor, which mostly depend on it's temperature. This applies to water, too. So, water can be found as ice, water and steam. If water is cooled down below 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit), it becomes ice, and if heated above 100 degrees Celsius (212 Fahrenheit), it becomes steam. The temperature, at which a substance changes it state from liquid to vapor is called a boiling point, and it is different for different substances. This difference can be used to separate substances, and as such can be used for water purification.
The process is relatively simple:
a) the dirty water is heated
b) to the boiling point and thus vaporizes
c) (becomes steam), while other substances remain in solid state, in boiler. Steam is then directed into a cooler
d) where it cools down and returns to liquid water
e) and the end result is a water, purified of additional substances found in it before distillation.
Distillation is an effective process and, what's more important, it can be done with a lot of improvisation. You can heat water with whatever is at hand: fire, electricity, or whatever. You can use almost anything that holds water for a boiler, as long as you can direct the steam into a cooler. A cooler can be a long piece of copper tubing bent into a spiral. All you need is something that will just cool the steam down. In a worst case scenario, you can distill water with an ordinary household pot and two pot lids. Boil water in a pot covered with the first lid. After a while, you'll see that the water in the pot vaporizes, and condenses on the lid (this is distilled water). Now replace the lid with the second lid, and turn the first one vertically, so that all condensed water collects at one point, and then pour it into a cup. Meanwhile, more distilled water condenses on the second pot lid, so just repeat the above steps again... until you have a full cup.
Distillation will remove from water almost anything, even heavy metals, poisons, bacteria and viruses. However, it does not remove substances that have boiling points at a lower temperature than water. Some of these substances are oils, petroleum, alcohol and similar substances, which in most cases don't mix with water. Also, remember that substances removed from water remain in the boiler, so you'll need to clean it up every once in awhile.
Distilled water can be used directly and does not need to be boiled again. As it is already hot, you can use it to prepare tea, or similar drinks.
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Every element can exist in three states: as a liquid, as a solid and as a vapor, which mostly depend on it's temperature. This applies to water, too. So, water can be found as ice, water and steam. If water is cooled down below 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit), it becomes ice, and if heated above 100 degrees Celsius (212 Fahrenheit), it becomes steam. The temperature, at which a substance changes it state from liquid to vapor is called a boiling point, and it is different for different substances. This difference can be used to separate substances, and as such can be used for water purification.
The process is relatively simple:
a) the dirty water is heated
b) to the boiling point and thus vaporizes
c) (becomes steam), while other substances remain in solid state, in boiler. Steam is then directed into a cooler
d) where it cools down and returns to liquid water
e) and the end result is a water, purified of additional substances found in it before distillation.
Distillation is an effective process and, what's more important, it can be done with a lot of improvisation. You can heat water with whatever is at hand: fire, electricity, or whatever. You can use almost anything that holds water for a boiler, as long as you can direct the steam into a cooler. A cooler can be a long piece of copper tubing bent into a spiral. All you need is something that will just cool the steam down. In a worst case scenario, you can distill water with an ordinary household pot and two pot lids. Boil water in a pot covered with the first lid. After a while, you'll see that the water in the pot vaporizes, and condenses on the lid (this is distilled water). Now replace the lid with the second lid, and turn the first one vertically, so that all condensed water collects at one point, and then pour it into a cup. Meanwhile, more distilled water condenses on the second pot lid, so just repeat the above steps again... until you have a full cup.
Distillation will remove from water almost anything, even heavy metals, poisons, bacteria and viruses. However, it does not remove substances that have boiling points at a lower temperature than water. Some of these substances are oils, petroleum, alcohol and similar substances, which in most cases don't mix with water. Also, remember that substances removed from water remain in the boiler, so you'll need to clean it up every once in awhile.
Distilled water can be used directly and does not need to be boiled again. As it is already hot, you can use it to prepare tea, or similar drinks.
diet069 said:
In all seriousness, I hate being serious. The label is there b/c they think that by Nov 2005 there could be "bugs" growing in the water. The small amount of plastic that does leach from the container, or finds its way into the bottle from being opened is enough to feed them, believe it or not. Take a clean, clear glass -- shake up the bottle, pour into the glass and look for floaters; ie, white particulate matter, not to be confused with the bubbles. If you have floaters, you have water with either bacteria or fungus growing in it and need to get a new bottle.
Now, I'm gonna skeedaddle out of here b4 anon-y-mouse saunters into this thread and finds out I've been picking on Dave and Sean! CIAOgalaga said:Take a clean, clear glass -- shake up the bottle, pour into the glass and look for floaters; ie, white particulate matter, not to be confused with the bubbles. If you have floaters, you have water with either bacteria or fungus growing in it and need to get a new bottle.
If you have floaters I recommend decreasing dietary fiber.
Roger Miller"
old stogies I have found
Da Klugs said:
So, you'd give this, what?, [Score: 99]?
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Have you all lost you minds. There are many young (but still of smoking age in their respective localities) members here that may be unaware of the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide yet you talk about it with such a cavalier attitude it boggles the mind!
Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
If you feel you may have accidentally subjected yourself to an overdose look for these symptoms:
More information can be found in the Dihydrogen Monoxide FAQ
Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
- Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
- Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
- Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
- DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
- Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
- Contributes to soil erosion.
- Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
- Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
- Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
- Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
- Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere.
- Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.
If you feel you may have accidentally subjected yourself to an overdose look for these symptoms:
- Excessive sweating
- Excessive urination
- Bloated feeling
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Hyponatremia (serum hypotonicity)
- Dangerously imbalanced levels of ECF and ICF in the blood
- Degeneration of sodium homeostasis
More information can be found in the Dihydrogen Monoxide FAQ
cmiller said:
Miller, Miller, Miller. You are needlessly frightening the children (newbies). You should be ashamed of yourself. Such unfounded "perils".
And those symptoms. All I can say is HA! You get these same symptoms from an overdose of Whiskey, but I don't see you trying to scandalize Jack Daniels (or Woodford Reserve, or Makers Mark).
What did DHMO do to you as a child to give you this complex?
I think we need to get a Mod to close this thread before these un-tasting comments seep into the fabric of the general CS community.
Well thought out post. :r
AnonyBomber
Young Chimp
SeanGAR said:
!!DOODIE!!
