<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Theoretically, this is possible but it does still have problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you electrolyzed pure water (from reverse osmosis), you would produce only hydrogen gas and oxygen gas and pure water would remain.  However, pure water is such a non-conducting substance that I’ve never heard of it.  Maybe high voltages would cause it to occur. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you really didn’t purify the water very well (contrary to the claim), then it is possible that one hydrogen atom in each of two different HOH (H<sub>2</sub>O) molecules would be reduced to H<sub>2</sub> gas and that another impurity would be oxidized such as chloride ion (Cl<sup>-</sup>) to chlorine gas, Cl<sub>2</sub>.  This leaves the other OH in the HOH to become OH<sup>-</sup>, which makes the solution basic, which raises the pH.  To raise the pH to 9.5 would be significant, but theoretically possible.  This electrolysis would take enough electricity that this would not be a cheap process.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">As already mentioned, how could you have “electrolytes” after you had purified it with reverse osmosis?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Why would you want basic water doing it this expensive method?  Just add a little sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to water and it dissolves nicely to give a basic solution and it is a descent antacid for upset stomach.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Stephen Ott<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">BYU-Idaho Chemistry Department<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Webb<br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 02, 2015 5:48 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Geyser Observation Reports<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geysers] Trader Joes ad<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Yuh, that ought to be real good for your body. Sounds like a good hook if Michael Crichton ever wanted to do a sequel to The Andromeda Strain (you may remember, the pathogen could only survive in a very narrow pH range like 7.2-7.4).<br> <br> The world just keeps getting weirder.<br> Karen Webb</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">On 3/19/2015 9:27 AM, <a href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com">TSBryan@aol.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I know I'd get yelled at if I posted this on Facebook, but is this another example of the dumbing-down of America? In the "Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer Culinary Compendium,": Volume 7 -- 2015, page 16, is an ad for "Alkaline Water + Electrolytes." After noting that the bottle contents are 99.9% water and 0.1% minerals, the ad goes on to state this: (quote) "The mineralized water is purified through reverse osmosis, then run through electric currents (electrolysis), <strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">which changes the structure of the water and raises the pH to 9.5+</span></u></strong>..."<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Emphasis mine, as I make no further comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Scott Bryan<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><br> <br> <br> <o:p></o:p></p> <pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Geysers mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><o:p></o:p></pre> </blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br> <br> <o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <hr size="1" width="99%" noshade="" style="color:#909090" align="center"> </div> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.avast.com/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p> </td> <td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"> <p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3D4D5A">This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. <br> <a href="http://www.avast.com/">www.avast.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>