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We find all portable water electrolyzers questionable as they typically use stainless-steel electrodes. Existing research and commonly accepted canons of science universally indicate that stainess steel electrodes yield metallic dissolutions, such as Nickel, into water.
In a stress-test study, metal dissolution for stainless steel and platinum electrodes into slow-flowing electrolyzed water was examined and measured for ionic emissions by scientists from the Division of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry at Kyoto University. .
The reactive stainless steel anode electrode yielded
alkaline
ionized water with a high (abnormal) concentration of Nickel
and Chromium.
In the alkaline ionized water produced with
non-reactive platinum-coated titanium, no oxidation
dissolution of electrode metals was detected.
When stainless steel was used as an electrode, ions such as Iron,
Nickel and Chromium were detected in anodic solution.
Microwater or Alkaline ionized water may also be called negative
ion water. When current flows thought the electrolysis chambers,
alkaline ionized water or negative ion water moves to and from the
anode electrode.
Platinum electrodes do not emit ions into the water. As per
the
Japanese study, stainless-steel electrodes can yield
Nickel and other metallic emissions into the
water.
A sales group representing the manufacturer sent us a letter
stating that no tests have ever shown that stainless steel
electrodes emit nickel into water They were shown the
objective Kyoto University studes as cited above. We wrote
and called them back. They did not answer or contest or dispute the
above tests.
To round the picture, the sales group gave us a study from the
1970s showing that nickel was not found in their in-house derived
study of their product. However, the impartial Kyoto University
study does show nickel emissions which we do not choose to simply
ignore particularly as the sales group does not contest the Kyoto
study.
Lastly, the in-house study shows nickel as measured in ppm (parts
per million. However, nickel, as more toxic mercury, is
measured in ppb (parts per billion....if we're
discussing human health safety . As nickel has been implicated
in prostate and other health problems, we do not recommend batch
process units with stainless steel electrodes for human use based
on one manufacturer's incomplete in-house study because it is
directly contradicted by impartial University research - which the
manufacturer does not contest.
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