deionised water

[skalragg]

what will dionised water do to Copper Plexi EK universal water cooling block,
during my few years of chemistry I'd imagine a reaction with the metal would happen, since its copper and because of its position in periodic table ....it would be quite reactive with the deionised water????

Can anyone speak from experience on the issue? I obv would prefer distilled water, but no where sells it around here,and anywhere that claims to is just offered deionised which is not the same

 

[PhillyDee]

You can get purified water from the chemists. Comes in 5l bottles. Pretty much the same! I think it may be RO water, but am not sure.

 

[dazzerd]

Well I'm no scientist but years of experience have told me that nothing bad will happen so don't worry about it. Just stay clear from anything alu in your loop, you should be fine.

 

[skalragg]

tbh I dont think purified water is the same,most contain many minerals,some are filtered out, distilleded is pure h20

How purified water effects a WC systems components i've no idea though...so you may be right in recommending it as an alternative

 

[rjk]

Well I'm no scientist but years of experience have told me that nothing bad will happen so don't worry about it. Just stay clear from anything alu in your loop, you should be fine.

wise words

 

[lrlcr]

Copper is pretty unreactive stuff tbh.

 

[Frozennova]

Copper is pretty unreactive stuff tbh.

Without causing offense you need to go back to school. Theres only 3 metals more reactive than copper and those are the "precious" metals

Deionized will fine, so will purified.

From experience neither have left me with any problems after 6 months+ of using either or a mix of both

 

[skalragg]

Without causing offense you need to go back to school. Theres only 3 metals more reactive than copper and those are the "precious" metals

Deionized will fine, so will purified.

From experience neither have left me with any problems after 6 months+ of using either or a mix of both

three metals more unreactive ,,,,dont you mean?

potassium for example + water is very dangerous

 

[julianhj]

You can buy five litre bottles of distilled water from model train suppliers. It's made by Hornby and intended for model steam engines. It's about £7 IIRC.

 

[matt1]

three metals more unreactive ,,,,dont you mean?

potassium for example + water is very dangerous

Indeed. Got it upside down I think. I miss chemistry classes. *BOOM!.... fizzzzz*

 

[Jokester]

Deionised, distilled, and reverse osmosis water are all types of purified water. There's no discernable difference between them watercooling wise.

You can put aluminium in your loop, but you need to take very specific precuations to protect yourself against galvanic corrosion.

 

[Frozennova]

Observation fail. thought I remembered electrical conductivity correlating with reactivity but go it the wrong way round, either way deionized will be fine.

 

[zoomee]

Deionised with a silver kill coil - sweet spot
£5 for 5ltrs at your local halfords (its called Battery water )

 

[Cleeecooo]

Mayhems ultra pure H20?

 

[lrlcr]

I lolled hard... very hard

 

[no_1_dave]

Mayhems ultra pure H20?

That's what i've used this time round!

 

[Cleeecooo]

I lolled hard... very hard

at what
nothing lolworthy in this thread

That's what i've used this time round!

 

[lrlcr]

Without causing offense you need to go back to school. Theres only 3 metals more reactive than copper and those are the "precious" metals

Deionized will fine, so will purified.

From experience neither have left me with any problems after 6 months+ of using either or a mix of both

This, I'm currently doing a doctorate in chemistry...

 

[Avathar77]

Mayhems ultra pure H20?

Yep got 2 sitting here

 

[Cleeecooo]

Yep got 2 sitting here

I have 4. I win