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A few years ago there was a programme on TV where smart water was used for catching criminals!
Our supermarket has started selling "smart water" described as "vapour distilled spring water with added electrolytes". It contains calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and potassium bicarbonate.
Any good for soaking coins?
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I'd avoid immersing coins in any salt-containing solutions. That just sounds like a recipe for corrosion.
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This will likely cause corrosion. These are salts. I have a degree in chemical engineering by the way.
Edited by jimbucks
01/10/2015 2:03 pm
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The 'smart water' anti crime stuff is not really water - and 'smart water', the homeopathic theory, is, to put it lightly, completely and totally ludicrous.
The added electrolytes will harm the coin, so no, dont use that. The Chloride ions being the thing that causes Bronze Disease - The chloride ion adheres to the copper and then, in the present of moisture, propagates, leaving the green copper oxides behind it. The bicarbonate wont do anything much.
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Thanks guys, I will water the plant.
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Anoob is a chemist, hopefully he will see this.
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Basically it's the opposite of what you want if it has added minerals. You want as few minerals as possible so that the ones in the crust on you coin leech out into the water.
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That is basically, unflavored Gatorade.
Would you soak your coins in Gatorade ?
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I have absolutely no idea what gatorade is. I wouldn't stick my coins in anything without asking here first.
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GatoradeNasty stuff, in my opinion. If it's not worthy to be drank, it's not worthy for anything else. Especially for soaking coins.
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Not my sort of drink. Just tasted this stuff, it is not very nice, I think I will save the plant and just tip it down the sink.
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I have absolutely no idea what gatorade is. You never watch cricket? (or other sports where it is drunk for re-hydration?) But as several said before, you want to remove unwanted minerals from the coins, not add some more - that's why distilled water is used. |
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I do watch cricket but never heard gatorade mentioned, and don't take any notice of what cricketers or other sportspeople drink.
DW is very expensive here for some reason, so just looking for a cheaper option.
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Next time you watch a test match from Australia, watch the 'Gatorade Truck' come in for the drink breaks.  Where do you buy your distilled water? Here in Australia there can be a very substantial difference in price between supermarkets and hardware (or even car part) stores - sometimes it goes by 'demineralised water'. |
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When England are playing Australia I am USUALLY hiding behind the cushions :) I get DW from Amazon, we don't seem to be able to buy it locally any more. When I run out I get de-ionised water (for car batteries) but it is not as good. The last time I got some it was about 7GBP for a litre, and that doesn't last long. And some of the descriptions leave me wondering whether it is properly distilled. |
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You should be ashamed of missing live action from an Ashes test.  Methinks Ian Botham needs a pat on the back for his 'whitewash' prediction on the last series - and even better, he backed the wrong team.  But back to distilled water: have you checked with a chemist/pharmacy? They use it and should be able to give you the address of a pharmaceutical supply company selling it - seven pounds a litre seems to be very hefty. |
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Posted 01/10/2015 12:40 pm
