SPIKER
Elite Member
Just a bit of information, the post about DI water is not the same as "Distilled Water." Distilled water is water that comes out of a Tap or River/Lake/Rain and is BOILED into Steam. The Steam is then condensed back into water. It removed pretty much most everything but can "re-condense" other volatile chemicals that COULD have been dissolved in the original boiled water.
"DI" stands for "DeIonized" it is a chemical process that removes IONS from the chemical makeup of the H2O so that is makes up only Hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O) The chemical substance (pure water) is inert for most part but CAN/WILL strip Ions away from other chemicals/materials easily. The H2O coming out of the DI system is then a chemically pure product & will no longer pass an electrical current like filtered or contaminated water will. The standard of measurement for this in the Mega Ohms but inexpensive DI systems will start making 50~500K-Ohm water that is not TRULY that good of DI water. Industrial grades are 1Meg-Ohm (million ohms) to 20Meg-Ohm water and that stuff will eat Stainless Steel up! The 20Meg stuff usually only used in semiconductor manufacturing and in chemical processes. 1Megohm systems are typical in many industrial cleaning, painting or manufacturing processes.
"RO" stands for Revers Osmosis which is a filtration process that takes out pretty much everything but Ions and extremely small particles (stuff that is 0.1micron level is stopped but smaller may make it thru.) It DOES NOT take out all chemicals or dissolved materials that is in water but does take out a great deal of both. It is much better than best wound replaceable type filters and should have a GOOD filter up stream of the filter.
Typically "DI" systems will have a GOOD "RO" system up stream of them to catch all of the 0.01micron and bigger stuff in the water. Then the DI system further filters it and strips out Ions (fine chemicals and ultra small particles are also removed.)
Mark
"DI" stands for "DeIonized" it is a chemical process that removes IONS from the chemical makeup of the H2O so that is makes up only Hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O) The chemical substance (pure water) is inert for most part but CAN/WILL strip Ions away from other chemicals/materials easily. The H2O coming out of the DI system is then a chemically pure product & will no longer pass an electrical current like filtered or contaminated water will. The standard of measurement for this in the Mega Ohms but inexpensive DI systems will start making 50~500K-Ohm water that is not TRULY that good of DI water. Industrial grades are 1Meg-Ohm (million ohms) to 20Meg-Ohm water and that stuff will eat Stainless Steel up! The 20Meg stuff usually only used in semiconductor manufacturing and in chemical processes. 1Megohm systems are typical in many industrial cleaning, painting or manufacturing processes.
"RO" stands for Revers Osmosis which is a filtration process that takes out pretty much everything but Ions and extremely small particles (stuff that is 0.1micron level is stopped but smaller may make it thru.) It DOES NOT take out all chemicals or dissolved materials that is in water but does take out a great deal of both. It is much better than best wound replaceable type filters and should have a GOOD filter up stream of the filter.
Typically "DI" systems will have a GOOD "RO" system up stream of them to catch all of the 0.01micron and bigger stuff in the water. Then the DI system further filters it and strips out Ions (fine chemicals and ultra small particles are also removed.)
Mark