Hi Folks, More comments on water.
RO is not pure enough, when made from most available source water. Live things may get through. Deionized water frequently is not deionized. Robert Hunter, an expert colloid chemist does not use it. I measured some produced locally at > 4 PPM. Live things may get through the system. Even if they are killed by the CS produced with the water, they may release some small amount of toxins. Steam distillation of has the advantage of killing any pathogens which happen to get through the system. I do not know if vacuum distillation can occur at a low enough temperature to allow live bugs. One problem with SD is that light molecular weight substances, usually organics, can float up with the vapor. That is why all systems include a final carbon filter. Carbon filters often put carbon bits into the water when they are new. These are called 'fines" and they do affect conductivity. James Osbourne Holmes [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Trem Williams [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 8:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>More than one way to distill water? Hello Sharon, The old adage "the figures don't lie but the liars figure" might apply here. Steam distillation is the way to go when it comes to CS water. It's cheap and there's not much that can be wrong with it usually, unless it has some entrained minerals which sometimes happens. That usually isn't a problem but it is easily resolved if the water doesn't work properly. Just buy another bottle from a different batch or code date. I've never heard of compression distillation. Perhaps it's a new gimmick this old dog hasn't heard of but why take chances? We suggest our customers read the label and select steam distilled water only. Other waters may work but why take chances. Trem [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon L. House <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 5:15 PM Subject: CS>More than one way to distill water? > Got a question. I've heard it said on this list to be sure to use only > steam distilled water. I've always been under the impression that steam > distillation was the only way to distill water, until I did some label > reading in the store. Seems there's some that says "Distilled Water" on the > front label but when you read the label on the back it says "distilled with > compression distillation". What the heck is compression distillation?? Does > that make an inferior distillation? Are there any other methods of > distilling water that one should look out for? Why is steam distilled > preferred? > > Thanks, > > Sharon > > > Someone said to me, "Cheer up, things could be worse". So I cheered up and > shur nuf, things got worse. > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > >
