The ice as formed would be pure, but it would still be contaminated by any bird droppings, shoes of ice fishermen, feet of any animals that crossed, dust settling, or any animal dung or pee.
Marshall Grant wrote: > So would that mean then if you took the top 6" of ice off of a 20 ft. > deep lake, the ice would be pure..?? > Grant.. > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > >From what I understand, with sea water, if you do not freeze more > > than 10% or so of it, the ice will be essentially as pure as distilled > > water. The problem is any entrapped water, and contamination. Thus it > > is best if you can put cold tubes into the water, and have it freeze > > to the tubes, producing a solid slick sheet of ice over the tubes, > > then rinse with pure water, and melt. > > > > When frozen slowly, like in a freezer, the ice crystals form > > throughout the water, and are hard to seperate without contamination. > > > > Marshall > > > > twll wrote: > > > >> A few years ago I got something in the mail for freezingwater to make > >> it pure.It sounded to good to be true so I discarded it.Anyway what > >> would the PPM be for waterthat was purified like that if it worked > >> like its suppose to? > > > > -- > 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: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>