Re: De-ionized water for HV probe

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 


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Subject: De-ionized water for HV probe


 > Original poster: "Denicolai, Marco" <Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello all,
 >
 > Can anybody tell me, is de-ionized water also free from dissolved gases?

No.. It is not.  you need to heat it to evolve the gases (distilled water
tends to have fewer dissolved gas, because of the production process).

Simply pouring the water from one container to another will cause it pick up
some gas, too... Unless you're pouring in a blanketing atmosphere of
something with low solubility (or water vapor).


 >
 > I ask this because I'm going to fill my HV water probe (see
 > http://www.iki.fi/dncmrc/work/hv_divider.htm) with distilled and
 > de-ionized water instead than distilled and boiled water. This thing is
 > going to be 2.7 m tall, containing 20 liters of water inside. We are
 > going to hang it from the roof (16 m high) on the top of the Thor TC.
 >
 > Regards
 >
 >
 >