On 2021-02-26 8:54 a.m., heyjoe wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:35:18 -0500
> in Message-ID: >
> jmcquown wrote :
>
>> On 2/22/2021 8:55 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> On 2/21/2021 8:09 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> > I did salt the water in the pan under the steamer basket.
>>>
>>> Why did you?Â* That "steam" contains no salt.
>>>
>> Of course it does.
>
> No, it doesn't.
> Water boils at 212°F.
> The boiling point of Sodium Chloride (salt) is over 2600°F (salt melts -
> changes from a solid to a liquid - at over 1400°F).
>


Yet, if you boil a bunch of salt water in a pot with a lid, there will
be some salt deposited on the lid and the sides of the pot above the
water line.


> Try running some of your salted water through a distillation and taste
> the cooled result (otherwise known as distilled water).
>
> Just for grins, watch "Master Distillers" or "Moonshiners" for a quick
> view of simple distillation.
>