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Distilled, Drinking, or Deionized?
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<blockquote data-quote="lemosley01" data-source="post: 11277275" data-attributes="member: 17775"><p>I think you have the backwards. My understanding is that distilled water is more pure than de-ionizedwater. De-ionized is stripped of non-water ions via chemical methods, but not everything is removed. Distilled water is more pure, and is basically nothing but H20.</p><p></p><p>Also, I noticed the thread linked that softened water was better and there was no salt in it. This is not true, as softening of a water leaves it with more salt (NaCl) in it than it contained when it came in. Yes, there is an ion exchange going on to soften it, but it isn't perfect and some of the NaCl still gets transferred into the water, so you end up with a slight (or really strong) saline solution - especially if the softener is not working optimally (like my MILs where you can actually TASTE the sale in the water). I wouldn't run (salt) softened water in my cars for that reason, especially in an iron block. </p><p></p><p>Still trying to wrap my head around distilled water/deionized water being more corrosive than 'standard' tap water, which has all sorts of stuff in it typically making it somewhat acidic.</p><p></p><p>Shadow Grey, how does normal tap water behave in these scenarios?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lemosley01, post: 11277275, member: 17775"] I think you have the backwards. My understanding is that distilled water is more pure than de-ionizedwater. De-ionized is stripped of non-water ions via chemical methods, but not everything is removed. Distilled water is more pure, and is basically nothing but H20. Also, I noticed the thread linked that softened water was better and there was no salt in it. This is not true, as softening of a water leaves it with more salt (NaCl) in it than it contained when it came in. Yes, there is an ion exchange going on to soften it, but it isn't perfect and some of the NaCl still gets transferred into the water, so you end up with a slight (or really strong) saline solution - especially if the softener is not working optimally (like my MILs where you can actually TASTE the sale in the water). I wouldn't run (salt) softened water in my cars for that reason, especially in an iron block. Still trying to wrap my head around distilled water/deionized water being more corrosive than 'standard' tap water, which has all sorts of stuff in it typically making it somewhat acidic. Shadow Grey, how does normal tap water behave in these scenarios? [/QUOTE]
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