Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Diltilled water
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:35:27 -0800

I guess, all I have to go by, is my many many years of actual use. And
never having, what could be conceived of, as a problem. So it's a mystery
to me, why someone else would get soft emulsion, but I don't...

At Brooks Institute, my roommate and I, bought those very large bottles
(water cooler size bottles) of "distilled" water and used it for all of our
processing.

I wonder why rain water doesn't explode organic matter?

Jim

At 02:19 PM 2/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Jim:
>
>I will have to side with Ken on this one.  I remember in High School
>Biology class we did an experiment on Osmosis in cells.  With distilled
>water the cells would blow up and some explode.  I think it had to do with
>the difference between inside the cell and outside.  I don't know wheter it
>is trying to equalize the salinity or what, but a more knowlegeable person
>than me can explain this.  The distilled water is so pure, it rushes in
>through the membranes of the cell.  I think the emulsion is gelatin and
>made of cells.  This may be the argument that Ken was using.
>
>Regards,
>