Water purification

Hello fellow food technologists and scientist Can someone explain the principle behind the separation of impurities in water by boiling process.

  1. Food R&D Emeritus reply

    Boiling just break down the temporary hardness by allowing these dissolved minerals to settle down.Drives off dissolved gases as well as sterilizes the water making it potable. BT…

  2. Fatih Altunbay reply

    What do you mean by boiling process ? If you want to soften your water that you will use in SS process tanks , pipes etc you should treat your city water before entire to plant wi…

  3. Food R&D Emeritus reply

    Temporary hardness of water is what is removed by boiling....that's much point..

  4. Fatih Altunbay reply

    First time I heard this , do you mean that water will be boiled then cooled then stocked in another table then sent to the process pipelines jackets? Other wise boiled water is no…

  5. Ogunleye Oluwadunsin Augustine reply

    I don't really mean water for industrial production. I was just asking the phenomenon behind it, Roy has given the answer

  6. TheStabilizer reply

    By boiling, Calcium bicarbonates are transformed into calcium carbonate, water, and carbon dioxide at the higher temperature. Carbon dioxide and magnesium hydroxide are produced w…

  7. DrCarl reply

    Boiling does NOT make all water potable. Purification does. Just sayin'

  8. Ogunleye Oluwadunsin Augustine reply

    Can you please explain the act of Purification