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Pure Water

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:18 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
I'm just curious, where can one get absolutely pure water?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:25 pm
by mechana2015
A lab. But I dont think that pure pure H2O is drinkable...

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:40 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
mechana2015 wrote:A lab. But I dont think that pure pure H2O is drinkable...

Really?

Why wouldn't it be drinkable?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:56 pm
by Puguni
Maybe from a glacier? I guess that's where you can get natural pure water.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:44 pm
by IZ&Trigun4life
I have no..clue o.o

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:24 pm
by Kaligraphic
From a pure hydrogen/oxygen reaction. It's pretty dangerous to use that method in the home, though.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:40 pm
by SnoringFrog
Wherever, if anywhere, you can obtain it, I'm sure it's not easy to come by, at the least.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:44 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
Isn't distilled one of the closest things? Doesn't taste like much though XP.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:16 pm
by agasfas
We've been using a Berkey Light water filter for about 2years. It's as pure of water that I've had- much better than bottled water too. It can filter tap water to raw sewage in rivers or pond water. Then we got the an add on filter to take out the flouride in the water. By far the cleanest, freshest water I've had.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:27 pm
by Uriah
Yea.. I don't get the whole flouride thing.. It's a deadly poision that is 1.Meant to stay on your teeth for about 15+ minutes at a time 2. Not meant to be swallowed.

It's not going to clean people's teeth in a few seconds.. but It will certianly slowly kill the person drinking it.. o_o..

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:46 pm
by batchyik
I don't think pure water is that farfetched. Last I heard, stuff (like chlorine, bromine, and other stuff) is put into water. I don't know much pure water and its whereabouts.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:54 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
Yeah flouride is no good to drink... There's a good reason why you spit it out! Just drink natural spring water. Mom fills the five gallon jugs at the grociery store for the cooler. Our city water is icky to drink, though it's safe enough.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:24 pm
by blkmage
We use distilled water in chemistry and biology labs, so I assume that it's "pure" water to some extent.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:27 pm
by Linksquest
I don't even know if completly "PURE" water would be good for a person... but... As long as I can have plenty of delicious cold water near at hand, I don't really care how pure it is... if there are chunks of debree in there though... that might be a problem!

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:21 pm
by Slater
well, pure water is a lot worse for you than flouride tho.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:37 pm
by mechana2015
I seem to recall that the water in one of the disneyland rides was "so pure it would stripthe enamel off of your teeth" that... doesn't sound too good to me.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:38 pm
by Kawaiikneko
*echoes everyone else* We have a system running in our biology room that keeps a thing full of pure water. If we leave it off the water starts smelling really bad though... anyhow, our teacher said pure water isn't drinkable. *shrug*

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:53 pm
by LorentzForce
Lies. Pure distilled water isn't bad for you. You just won't get any minerals out of it though. It's still water. Completely up to you whether or not you find one or other taste better. It doesn't magically suck away minerals from you nor will it dissolve your face. It's just water dammit!

For note, distilled water is water that's been boiled, then its steam collected, which is then turned into liquid water again. Pretty much pure water with next to no impurities.

Kaligraphic wrote:From a pure hydrogen/oxygen reaction. It's pretty dangerous to use that method in the home, though.


That too, but you don't get much water out of that unless there's a lot of them gas, and well, enough of them to make decent amount of water (few litres?) would be enough to blow up a house. Explosions still win though :P

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:03 am
by mechana2015
I believe I was referring to high level DI (deionized) water.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:25 am
by LorentzForce
I still can't see why it's not drinkable.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:07 am
by Warrior4Christ
It says on a bottle of distilled water: "do not drink"....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:18 am
by Puritan
Perhaps there are impurities in the labeled distilled water that make it undrinkable, but pure distilled water is alright to drink. In fact, distillation is used onboard pretty much all US Navy ships to make fresh water from sea water, so the lack of minerals isn't likely to be a problem. As for fluoridization, please people, stop bringing up ancient conspiracy theories. The fluoride in our water has decreased the incidence of tooth decay without any sure links to deleterious effects at this point and is supported by the majority of US medical associations and governmental health authorities around the world, so please don't start sounding like Gen. Jack D. Ripper from Dr. Strangelove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Strangelove#Synopsis)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:31 am
by bigsleepj
Ah, yes, that's one of my favourite movies! :grin:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:20 am
by Technomancer
Some hardware stores (such as Canadian Tire) will sell pure water as "deionized water." What do you need it for?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:10 pm
by Kaligraphic
Distillation may be an easy way to get almost there, but since when do we settle for almost? Let's go for absolutely, 120% pure water, made by explosion!

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:39 pm
by Tsuki
is heavy water drinkable?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:49 pm
by mechana2015
D2O (2H2O) is drinkable... it would kill you in about 10 days if thats all you drank though. Make you ill in about a week too. Tests reported dizziness after a bit as well.

Heavy water out of a reactor shouldn't be drunk due to other isotopes contained in it... radiation poisoning.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:19 pm
by Tsuki
wow