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No, it means that I don't understand how you're using the word "stable." I wouldn't classify water as explosive if that's what you mean, but I do classify it as chemically active, which I would not call "stable". It actively is seeking higher (or lower, I forget which) potential ions and will...

I think that most of this thread would disagree with "water being very stable" If you strip out the mineral ions it actively tries to replace them with whatever it is in contact with, usually that being metallic ions. Once it has those it is still a very effective solvent.

To recap; distilled may or may not be The Best Possible Option, but it is a reasonable option that is easily found.

So the activeness of pure water is where those hydrogen bridges are forming instead of the water molecules pulling out metallic ions to bond with? Seems a reasonable assumption. Also seems reasonable to assume that if a highly mineralized tap water were used instead that there would be fewer...

The example that I gave starts with distilled and then doctors it by adding other chemicals to be a very specific chemical constituency. That very specific chemistry might just be what would be ideal for a coolant system's water component. It might seem like I'm looking for problems where...

I didn't intend to open up the whole "distilled vs. tap water" discussion as I'm sure that's been beaten to death. Rather, is there something better than distilled and what is it? In mixing with the concentrated coolant does that consume some of the components of the coolant that should be...

A little intro first. If you were to search my user name you'll find it scattered all over the net , mostly in technical forums. I've a fair amount of technical experience in a lot of different areas. I've very occasionally mined this forum for intel for years, but never really had reason to...