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What materials can be used to store supercritical water

I am wondering which materials might be suitable to contain SCW (supercritical water). Here, we are assuming that the pressure is almost equal on the outside of the container than the inside. I have ...
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NiCr wire and water

Suppose I'm a very impatient person and I want to heat up water by getting rid of the layer of isolation between a NiCr wire and the water (e.g. skinny-dipping). The idea is that, since the wires can ...
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Corrosiveness of Deionized vs Distilled water for use in Laboratory Water Bath [duplicate]

I've read conflicting descriptions of the corrosiveness (or lack thereof) of very pure water. For a precision water bath, it's stated that one should fill the bath with distilled water rather than ...
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Why is RO water more corrosive?

According to several articles from the American Water Works Association, permeate from RO should be stabilized in terms of pH and hardness to avoid corrosion of the distribution piping. How does ...
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