EE PatronJan 29th 2020, 23:31:40
Originally posted by braden:
Ok so quick change of pace here..
If I boil sea water I can't drink it becsuse salt water kills me (heh if the rye don't get there first, son) but I can boil sea water and capture the evaporation which is fresh water and drink that as what is evaporated is unsalted water..?
What happens to the salt? My pot has rock salt at the bottom of my metal pot?
If I boil sea water I can't drink it becsuse salt water kills me (heh if the rye don't get there first, son) but I can boil sea water and capture the evaporation which is fresh water and drink that as what is evaporated is unsalted water..?
What happens to the salt? My pot has rock salt at the bottom of my metal pot?
Technically yes. As the water molecules vaporize they lose their bonds with the NaCl. The salt will just increase concentration in the water until there are no more water molecules to attach to, and then the only molucules left will be NaCl and will reattch on polarity.
As the last drops of liquid boil off, you'll have a dry empty pan with all the salt.
That's actually how to make sea salt...you boil about 90% of the water out and it looks like sandy ish. Then slowly naturally evaporate the rest and viola. Sea salt. Yields 1 cup per gallon.