When tap water is boiled or left out overnight, does it lose it's fluoride?
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MuddyChard
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No, in fact you'd end up concentrating the flouride slightly just as if you continuously boil salt water you eventually end up with salt. However, the water will lose it's disolved chlorine - thus allowing organisms to grow in it.
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No, fluorine compounds (fluorides) are stable, they are not gaseous and not volatile, so they don't leave the water.
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My understanding is that it will not lose any fluoride. If you want to play it safe, buy distilled water. You can even add mineral concentrations to the distilled water to really give it a kick.
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Reverse osmosis is the most common, safe and economical method to remove flourides from water. Boiling alone will remove little if any flouride content yo...
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It's a salt, you need to distil the water.
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