Deionized water: production, application and predictions

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-02 16:12

Water is the basis not only of all life processes, but also of most types of production. And if for internal use it should be simply purified, without bacteria, microorganisms and unnecessary chemical inclusions, then for industrial purposes it is required that it consists exclusively of water, without additions in the form of foreign compounds or ions.

Distillate is not the pinnacle of purity

People who are far from chemistry and physics stubbornly believe that distilled water is absolutely pure, and therefore unsuitable for drinking (because it flushes out all the necessary s alts from the body and does not introduce new ones). In the latter they are right. But for many industrial processes, conventional distillation is not enough. So industrialists prefer deionized water. It’s just that it contains almost 100 percent only molecules H_2O.

Where does it come from

Normal evaporation withsubsequent condensation, as for obtaining a distillate, is not enough here. In order to obtain high-quality, extremely pure deionized water, one of the methods for obtaining it uses distilled water as an intermediate stage. Next come the ion-exchange resins, thanks to which super-deep cleaning is carried out.

There is a second option, which produces deionized water. Getting it this way is even more chemical. Hydrogen is burned, resulting in the formation of H_{2O molecules, but then all the same resins are still used. They are needed due to the fact that during combustion, foreign compounds are still involved in the liquid. The output is extremely pure deionized distilled water.}

What is it for

The most widely used such liquid is in the production of semiconductors. However, this is not the only direction of its application. For more than a decade, Russian doctors have been using deionized water in cardiology for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Surgeons pay tribute to her in the fight against sepsis and purulent, poorly healing wounds; it is very useful in the treatment of diabetes; pay due attention to it and gastroenterologists. If deionized water is the basis for saline solutions, their healing properties increase, and often at times.

Beauticians claim that such water in the basis of creams, tonics and other products heals the skin, rejuvenates it and prevents the formation of acne and wrinkles.

Recent research gives hope to environmentalists as well. It has been established that deionized water added to a dirty, almost ruined reservoir (and in a relatively small amount) gradually changes its water, helping to restore its original purity. Perhaps with this method it will be possible to revive even the seas and ocean spaces that have suffered from indefatigable human activity. There is evidence that deionized water may even help restore the abundance of marine plants and animals. However, before such global experiments, a lot of additional research will have to be done.

Hope of oncologists

Cancer diseases have become more and more frequent in recent years. Neither doctors nor scientists have yet established the reason for this, but they do not stop trying to find a way to help as many sick people as possible. In this they also come to the aid of deionized water. It was found that its intravenous infusion acts on a special molecule called ATP and "allows" cells to divide. When the described liquid is injected, the molecule does not pass the signal, and uncontrolled reproduction, which cancer cells are afraid of, at least becomes slower, or even stops altogether.

It cannot yet be said that deionized water is an undoubted panacea. But doctors have high hopes for her. So its study in Russia is even included in the President's He alth of the Nation program.