Comment Re:Oh No! Not de-ionized water... (Score 1) 402
From the Lytron website.
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Care must be exercised when using DI water. The very lack of ions also makes this coolant unusually corrosive. Called the "universal solvent," DI water is one of the most aggressive solvents known. In fact, to a varying degree, it will dissolve everything to which it is exposed. Therefore, all materials in the cooling loop must be corrosion-resistant.
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http://www.lytron.com/support/di.htm
Distilled is not deionized, and deionized water only stays deionized if it's not in contact with any metals or air. I agree it's non conductive, but only until it touches any metal. I've seen it dissolve the solder on PCB's.
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Care must be exercised when using DI water. The very lack of ions also makes this coolant unusually corrosive. Called the "universal solvent," DI water is one of the most aggressive solvents known. In fact, to a varying degree, it will dissolve everything to which it is exposed. Therefore, all materials in the cooling loop must be corrosion-resistant.
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http://www.lytron.com/support/di.htm
Distilled is not deionized, and deionized water only stays deionized if it's not in contact with any metals or air. I agree it's non conductive, but only until it touches any metal. I've seen it dissolve the solder on PCB's.
