Re: IML: distilled or soft water for the cooling system?

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

Pure water is naturally ionized to exteny of 10-7 moles/L.

In absolutely pure water at a pH of 7 there are 1x10-7 moles of H+ and 1x10-7 moles of OH- ions per L.

 

One mole of water H+ is 1g; one mole of OH- is 17g.

 

Thus there are a total of 1x10-7 x 18g / L of ions in pure water = 1.8x10-6g/L = 7.6x10-6g / gallon

=.00000024 oz / gal ions.  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Klebert L. Hall"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: distilled or soft water for the cooling system?
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 06:36:28 -0500


> From: "Clay Smith"
> Subject: IML: distilled or soft water for the cooling system?
>
> Greetings everyone
> I had mentioned in a previous post that Skinned Knuckles magazine had
> suggested mixing soft water not distilled water with antifreeze when
> refilling your cars cooling system. I know that some car owners swear by
> distilled and wouldn't put anything else in their cars radiator.
> For anyone else here is an excert from the article.
>
> " If possible use softened water in your cars cooling system to reduce the
> minerals that can damage the cooling system. However do NOT use distilled
> water. It may be great for batteries ,but not cooling systems. The water
> distillation process creates an abundance of ions, negatively charged
> particles. The ions can react in the cooling system to speed up the acidic
> buildup so that it occurs faster than with regular water"
>
> As always your results may vary

That's really odd... Why would the water stay ionized?
-Kle.
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