You bet. That always drove me nuts. One more thing in that - you have to wash them out really good when done.
I think my api ammonia test is lying to me.
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You bet. That always drove me nuts. One more thing in that - you have to wash them out really good when done.
Gonna try that today.
Anyhoo, I just ended up ordering more vials, as it will probably be more cost effective over time as DI water is going for around $20 a gallon and for some reason I can't find it in town. New vials are less than $10 for 8 so.... I figure I'll just replace the vials every 6 months or whenever needed.
Hello; Distilled water (DW) and DI (deionized water) are had by different means but my take has been they can be used pretty much as they are the same. I shared lab space when I taught at a small college with a chemistry professor. I was looking for some DW and he showed me the apparatus he used to make DI. I do not now recall how he explained the difference. (( maybe reverse osmosis?)
Anyway cleaning the vials with DW ought to work and that DW is about a 1$ a gallon around me.
Anyway cleaning the vials with DW ought to work and that DW is about a 1$ a gallon around me.
We will see as my new vials should be here today.
With a little more care than rinsing them out with warm tap hopefully they will last a little longer.
Still gonna keep looking for DI water though.
So I tested this morning and came home to yellow test vial. Good stuff!
