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From: ss@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Boiling hot water and mineral content
Message-ID: <1805@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Aug-83 10:50:17 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 16 10:50:17 1983
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The incoming cold water is not the only source of minirals around.
The water picks up traces of different metals from the pipes it
flows in. This is the reason that pipes containing lead have been
banned for home use. Presumably, hot water can pick up more metals
than the cold water. Depending upon the pipes, the difference can
be sufficient to make the water "taste" different. Part of the
difference may even be because some of the minerals dissolved
in cold water are removed due to scale formation in the hot water
tank. (Try drinking distilled water sometime.) If the water
tastes different from what one is used to, it really doesn't
matter whether minirals are added or removed from the water.

Sharad Singhal
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