Next message: Kevin Redden: "TWL: RE: Battery Water"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Wesley & Patty Eldred
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 4:51 PM
> Subject: Re: TWL: RE: RE: RE: Battery Water
>
> The truly pure stuff is de-ionized water which has virtually all
> contaminants removed. This is not the natural state of water and it is
> thus quite reactive and will erode metals that are not coated. ........
Unless the laws of nature have been changed since I received my BS in Chemistry so many
years ago, this last posting just does not make very much sense. Water, H2O, is an very
stable compound formed when hydrogen and oxygen are combined (such as when hydrocarbons
are burned, giving off CO2, H2O, plus other assorted junk). In its truly pure state,
with all contaminants removed, water is indeed in its natural state, and not very
reactive at all! But water of any type (e.g., pure, dirty, or salt bearing) will all
enable corrosion of many metals - because the metals are reactive!
For pure battery water, go to the supermarket and buy a bottle of distilled water. That
is about as pure as you will get it without going to Fisher Scientific to buy purifiers
to produce reagent grade water (the truly expensive laboratory stuff that would be
wasted money in battery applications)
Regards,
Kevin
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