This may be a relatively dumb question but I would rather ask it than not at all.

 

I have an ultrasonic humidifier. If anyone has ever owned one, you've probably heard that distilled water is the best to use for these devices to reduce mineral build-up a well as minerals entering the air.

 

My question is, how does vaporized distilled water act in the air? I know it absorbs minerals and CO_{2 when it is consumed or in a liquid form but does this rule apply to it being airborne?}

 

 

The reason I ask is because I have plants that as any person with a general amount of biology knowledge would know, absorbs CO_2.

 

Plus you never know what health hazards could also surface.

 

Thanks for any help!

Edited March 25, 201510 yr by dragforcequeen

Water vapor does interact with gaseous CO₂, making transient carbonic acid but only in very, very small amounts...barely enough to be measured or have a drastic effect.

 

The rate constant for the forward reaction of carbonic acid with liquid water is 0.039 s⁻¹ while the reverse reaction rate constant is 23 s⁻¹ is far more dominant in the reaction. Since these

 

are statistics on the liquid water- carbon dioxide interactions I'd expect the vaporized water-carbon dioxide interactions to be even less frequent. So, your plants will have an ample supply of CO_2.

 

 

~EE

I would sterilise the water carrying parts on a regular basis to keep bacteria and moulds to a minimum; you don't want those being carried in the mist.