what is de-ionized water?

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I’m confused if it is a marketing term or if it’s a real way to make safe drinking water? If you distill water you are physically removing contaminants, which makes sense that it is safe to drink. De-ionizing is like removing ions, but what does that mean, is the water now cleaner?

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So, many things that dissolve into water do it as ions. Mostly minerals, acids, bases, that kind of thing. DI water is water with these impurities removed. Even water that you might normally think of as purified is still fairly mineral heavy compared to DI water.

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