jillybeans:
Maybe I did not dig far enough, I did look online some but did not find a real good comparison: maybe there's a scientist in the group....I'd like to know if distilled water will work for cleaning like deionized water (given I have a hard time paaaaaying for a really good deionizer when distilled is avail by the gallon reasonably). Does distillation remove the minerals as deionization does? I'm new here, pls be gentle.
Jill
Hi Jill,
I know this is an old post but as I was perusing the site after a long absence, I found I liked your question. I'm not a scientist per se but am conveniently married to one. This is what he says:
The distillation process will remove the minerals. However, if there are volalile compounds in the feedstock water, they can be transferred along with the H2O to the finished product. To remove some compounds, like solvents, would require additional filtration.
Deionization will also remove minerals, but it does not remove many biological agents, i.e., pathogens like bacteria. Those will need a carbon filter system to completely eliminate biological agents. Does that answer help?