Dutch_12078 wrote:
DI water is very corrosive, often referred to as the the "universal solvent". I'm surprised that it would be suitable for a space heater. Even the commercial heaters for heating DI water have to be specially constructed for the purpose. Are you sure it used DI water?
doing some research, NASA testing showed DI water had no corrosion with stainless, titanium, aluminum, silver or tungsten and some with copper
another research paper (not nasa) says DI water is extremely corrosive and will desolve most metals.
hummm........
DI water could be more corrosive than some tap water, but then some tap water is pretty corrosive as well.
but if NASA is correct, using aluminum or stainless shouldn't be a problem.
