From: Benjamin Pharr (ben-lists@benpharr.com)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 17:03:26 CDT
On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:56:58PM -0600, Mike Bingley wrote:
> It's important to let the Polar Pure sit for an hour - apparently that
> ensures that it gets equally distributed throughout the water.
Definitely. The Polar Pure instructions say to only let it stand for 20
minutes, but better safe than sorry. I suspect Philmont says to let it
stand for an hour because the water at Philmont is routinely below 68
degrees. When water is below 68 degrees it takes longer for the iodine
to work its "magic."
> Also, it will do _nothing_ if you add it to boiling water - it will simply
> evaporate out of the water. Of course, if you want to add it to boiled
> water once it has cooled - go for it. It can only help.
The water the iodine is diluted in might evaporate, but I don't think
the iodine itself would. Iodine doesn't boil until it gets to 363
degrees. All the water would be before you got it that high. :)
Theoretically the iodine works faster at higher temperatures, but I'm
not sure that holds for extremes. Does anyone know?
Ben Pharr
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