Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 1999/12

From: "Jim Youngman" <youngman@-----.au>
Subj: [kl] RE: klarinet Digest 6 Dec 1999 09:15:00 -0000 Issue 1886
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 15:36:23 -0500

> > Finally, most pH meters will read tap water - yes, even
> certifiable pH
> > 7.0 tap water - at around 5.4-5.7 due to a fluke in the way the
> > electrodes work.
>
> What is the pH of distilled water?

7.0. I guess in USA as well as here in Australia tap water is far from pure.
It contains all sorts of chemicals intended to clean it: chlorine, fluorine
to name two. It would be surprising if it remained neutral in pH.

Jim
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