Comments on: Distilling water from volcanic steam vents http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/06/01/distilling-water-from-volcanic-steam-vents/ Gadgets in Africa: Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/06/01/distilling-water-from-volcanic-steam-vents/comment-page-1/#comment-15560 Patrick Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:34:48 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=764#comment-15560 Scot, The chemicals shouldn't be a problem if the vents don't have poisonous gasses or radioactive materials. Steam is free of harmful dissolved elements, think of it as a pot of saltwater. The salt is there, but if you boil it the steam will not be salty. As more water boils the salt will eventually precipitate out and you'll be left with salt crystals. You just have to make sure that there aren't any volatilized substances that would condense along with the water vapor. Scot,
The chemicals shouldn’t be a problem if the vents don’t have poisonous gasses or radioactive materials. Steam is free of harmful dissolved elements, think of it as a pot of saltwater. The salt is there, but if you boil it the steam will not be salty. As more water boils the salt will eventually precipitate out and you’ll be left with salt crystals. You just have to make sure that there aren’t any volatilized substances that would condense along with the water vapor.

]]> By: Scot Frank http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/06/01/distilling-water-from-volcanic-steam-vents/comment-page-1/#comment-15555 Scot Frank Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:03:30 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=764#comment-15555 Interesting article. I can understand that there may be no bacterial contamination in this natural steam process, however, I am curious to know what chemical contamination could mount under long-term use. Is anyone aware of such studies? Interesting article. I can understand that there may be no bacterial contamination in this natural steam process, however, I am curious to know what chemical contamination could mount under long-term use.

Is anyone aware of such studies?

]]> By: Rarin http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/06/01/distilling-water-from-volcanic-steam-vents/comment-page-1/#comment-15544 Rarin Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:52:29 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=764#comment-15544 Good piece It's Maasai not Masai ... I understand the need to use the latter in tagging but within the story content the right spelling should be used. You might think am being a pain about this but if no one ever corrects this recurring mistake the incorrect spelling will forever prevail. So please make this correction. Thanks:-) Good piece
It’s Maasai not Masai … I understand the need to use the latter in tagging but within the story content the right spelling should be used. You might think am being a pain about this but if no one ever corrects this recurring mistake the incorrect spelling will forever prevail. So please make this correction. Thanks:-)

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