2006-08-28 23:02:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Sterile water contains no germs. Mineral water comes from the ground and contains a lot of mineral nutrients.
So water can be both sterile and mineral. Mineral water is normally made sterile by passing UV radiation thru it. Tap water can also be made sterile by boiling it or other methods.
2006-08-28 23:09:28 · answer #1 · answered by SAREK 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Earth is the 'Water Planet.' Water is very common and very useful. There are many classifications of water. See the link.
Your question is about 2 classifications: sterile and mineral.
The answer depends on what the water is to be used for.
All sterile water is disease free. There are basically two general kinds of sterile water: medical and non-medical. Medical sterile water is of two types: SW, or Sterile Water, and SWI or Sterile Water for injection. SW is very pure water of high quality. It is used to dilute medicines, in moisturizers and ventilators. SWI is water used in Intravenous Injections, and includes buffers to make it safe for use in the blood stream, such as salt and sugar. Pure water injected into a person's blood stream could harm them or even kill them. Hospital staff must be very careful to use the correct type of water.
Mineral water has basically two types, which are natural and manufactured. Water as it falls from the sky may or may not have minerals in it depending on the dust in the air. But after it soaks into the ground, it dissolves the minerals there and definitely has a mineral component. Depending on the location, this mineral component might make the water taste very good or very bad.
Since people like to drink a good tasting water, ordinary water can be purified or filtered and then have minerals added for flavor or marketability. Sometimes, water from a well will naturally be pure enough and have a good tasting mineral content. This water is usually purified to remove bacteria and sediments, and sold as 'mineral water.'
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2006-09-04 21:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sterile water has been boiled to remove germ, viruses, and bacteria.
Mineral water has the minerals that were naturally present in the source.
Distilled water had been distilled to remove the minerals.
2006-09-04 15:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by nammy_410 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sterile water has been sterilized through 1 or more of many ways to sterilize heat being just one of those ways...... sterile water may or may not contain minerals. minerals can be removed through several filtration processes including ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis's.......
2006-09-03 09:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by greg f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sterile water has to got through test by the government to check for its purity. They are very healthy and used for baby food and so many other stuff, mineral water goes through no test, nothing is added to it to make it better, it's just pure.
2006-09-04 00:44:34 · answer #5 · answered by hottygal_4_eva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sterile water means it has no bacteria, etc. It may or may not have minerals dissolved in it.
Mineral water has minerals dissolved in it and it may or may not be sterile
2006-08-29 06:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by sweetienugent 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
sterile water goes thru sterilization process which is boiling...with this all minerals and bacterias are killed...whereas mineralized water goes thru the process of purification and mineralization...which is healthier and safer
2006-08-29 06:10:26 · answer #7 · answered by gold f 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sterile water has nothing in it..and mineral water has minerals in it.
2006-08-29 06:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋