[Fred Hayek]

Ultrapure water can be strange stuff. While we think of water as being an electrical conductor, ultrapure water is a dielectric. If there is nothing dissolved in it, no H+ and OH- ions. Run the stuff through plastic pipe will produce a static charge. The biggest use I have seen is the semiconductor industry, where it is used to rinse wafers after etching on the wet benches.

[Bag]

Now I am afraid to go ice fishing this weekend! LOL

[billorites]

"used to rinse wafers after etching on the wet benches."

We love it when you talk dirty.

[wideminded]

ultrapure water is a dielectric. If there is nothing dissolved in it, no H+ and OH- ions.

Pure water has a pH of 7, which means that enough water molecules dissociate so that the concentration of hydrogen ions is 1 part in 10 million.