I can't read the article. They are using probably demineralized water and not distilled water, because the process is easier and cheaper. Anyway, in both case Wikipedia doesn't say it will burn your throat:
I’m no chemist, but it’s likely just deionized water. It can irritate your mouth and throat since the ion-dipole force in water makes it electrostatically attract ions, and can likely pull them from the cells on the surface of your mouth/throat. I don’t fully know if that’s the reason it would burn because I don’t remember how strong these forces actually are, but if I remember correctly it’s dependent on the ion and the difference in charge.
Pure water definitely will. A YouTuber did a video on it, and he tasted a very small amount. At first he didn't think there was a problem, but then he added to the end of the video to NOT do it because indeed, he burnt the crap out of his tongue with just the tiny amount he sampled.
We learned about this in grade 10 science class. You'll lose a layer of skin.
Osmotic pressure. Same reason why it is a bad idea to swim in Super-Kamiokande. The older experiment IMB eventually failed because the ultra pure water attacked and breached the liner separating it from the ambient salt.
clickbait.. Water has a low pH when you remove all soluble minerals. However, w/o minerals it has no buffer capacity and pH will raise very easily. therefore it is not going to actually burn you.
> the deputy ice technician for the curling events, said, “it would burn your insides.”
Simply not true at all.
Quora can explain how water is not dangerous to you (remember when it was Yahoo Answers)
It might taste different to what you expect... if you haven't drunk pure water before.
Also doubt they get it to lab level. And I would expect air is the problem not impurities, but not sure, probably related, impurities create air bubbles?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_water#Health_effects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purified_water#Mineral_consump...
1. The ice conditions make a huge difference and are a bit different every game, every sheet, and from start to end of a game.
2. Every stone is subtly different and to play exceptionally well you eventually learn to keep track of the characteristics of each one.
We learned about this in grade 10 science class. You'll lose a layer of skin.
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Simply not true at all.
Quora can explain how water is not dangerous to you (remember when it was Yahoo Answers)
It might taste different to what you expect... if you haven't drunk pure water before.
Also doubt they get it to lab level. And I would expect air is the problem not impurities, but not sure, probably related, impurities create air bubbles?
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