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Q. Does pure water taste good?

A. The water we drink contains chlorine (used for disinfecting) and minerals (calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, etc.). These impurities affect the boiling and melting points of the water.Can we drink pure water? Yes,but pure water has no color, taste, or smell because there are no minerals or trace elements.

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What is pure water?

A dictionary defines water as a "compound of oxygen and hydrogen. he molecular formula is H2O Pure water is free of color, taste, or smell and in a liquid state at room temperature, boils at 99.974°C under one bar, has its maximum concentration at 4°C, and freezes at 0°C."This is the definition of pure water, somewhat different from the water we drink every day.

The Central Customs Laboratory uses pure water for analyses, reagent preparation, and equipment and utensils. At the laboratory, the daily consumption of pure water is about 100 liters. Pure water is created by water purification system in the laboratory.

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Melting point: Temperature at which a solid melts into a liquidBoiling point: Temperature at which a liquid boils into a gasWater concentration at 4°C: 1.00 g/cm3

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