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  1. supermanboy

    Water Purification - Condensation

    Thank you for the advice. Sorry for the general post, I am inexperienced in this field and had no idea what I was getting into. Bimr, can you suggest any books or websites to read about the fundamentals of your post? I believe that is the best place to start, and will give me the most...
  2. supermanboy

    Water Purification - Condensation

    Fractional distillation was the key that I was missing, I just looked it up. Thank you everyone for helping me with your insightful posts!
  3. supermanboy

    Water Purification - Condensation

    I'm still not quite sure I understand.... Lets say then that you have water from a salty swamp, with all kinds of things in it, including toxic substances for the sake of it. If I put that mixture into a pot, and boiled it continuously then condensed the vapour I would still get filth at the...
  4. supermanboy

    Water Purification - Condensation

    Thanks guys. I was curious to know if anything could stay with water through the process of evaporation/boiling then condensation in its own container. I realize that through boiling any chemicals in the water with a lower boiling point would boil first, and that if you held the temperature at...
  5. supermanboy

    Water Purification - Condensation

    I was wondering if someone could answer or direct my question: What types of impurities (chemical, etc) are left in water if any, after condensing water on a clean surface?
  6. supermanboy

    Watertube vs. Firetube Pros Cons

    Thanks guys, I got the information I needed!
  7. supermanboy

    Watertube vs. Firetube Pros Cons

    I realize that this thread is general, however: As a hobby I am getting into steam engines, and wanted to know the design considerations that would determine if you would use a watertube or firetube boiler and furnace system as well as what the pros and cons of each are. Thank you for all your...
  8. supermanboy

    Radio Wave Propagation

    I am new to this forum, and joined to hopefully get some helpful information on radio wave propagation from antennas. I have had very limited previous experience 2 years ago with antenna propogation, and would like to know if anyone can explain or direct me to a place that can tell me the...

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