The Microwater Unit
Tap water: What it is and isn't
Normal tap water, for example, with a pH of 7 is approximately neutral on the
pH scale of 0 to 14. When measured with an ORP (oxidation potential) meter its
redox potential is approximately +400 to +500 mV. Because it has a positive
redox potential, it is apt to acquire electrons and oxidize other molecules.
Reduced microwater, on the other hand, has a negative redox potential of
approximately -250 to -350 mV. This means it has a large mass of electrons ready
to donate to electron-thieving active oxygen.
Before discussing the properties of microwater further, let's take a look at
what happens inside the Microwater unit.
How the Microwater Unit works
The Microwater unit, slighty taller and thicker than a large dictionary on end, is an
electrical appliance connected to your ketchen water supply to perform
electrolysis on tap water before you drink it or use it in the kitchen for
cooking or cleaning.
A special attachment re-directs tap water out of the faucet through a plastic
hose into the Microwater unit. Inside the Microwater unit, the water is first
filtered through activated charcoal. Next, the filtered water passes into an
electrolysis chamber equipped with an platinum-coated titanium electrode where
electrolysis takes place.
Cations, positive ions, gather at the negative electrodes to create cathodic
water (reduced water). Anions, negatively charged ions, gather at the positive
electrode to make anodic water (oxidized water).
Through electrolysis, reduced water not only gains an excess amount of
electrons (e-), but the cluster of H2O seem to be reduced in
size from about 10 to 13 molecules per cluster to 5 to 6 molecules per
cluster.
The reduced water comes out of the faucet, and the oxidized water comes out
of a separate hose leading into the sink. You can use the reduced water for
drinking or cooking. The oxidation potential of the oxidized water makes it a
good sterilizing agent, ideal for washing hands, cleaning food or kitchen
utensils, and treating minor wounds.
What the Microwater Unit Produces
Redox potential comparison
After electrolysis of the water inside the Microwater unit, reduced water
comes out of the cathodic side and oxidized water comes out of the anodic side.
Compare these measurements of these three types of water: tap water before
electrolysis, the reduced water, and the oxidized water.
Redox potential, not pH, is the crucial factor
Traditionally we have judged the properties of water from the standpoint of
pH, in other words whether water is acidic or alkaline. According to Dr.
Yoshiaki Matsuo PhD., the inventor of the Microwater unit, "In my opinion,
redox potential is more important than pH. The importance of pH is over
emphasized. For example, the average pH of blood is 7.4 and acidosis or
alkalosis are defined according to deviation within the range of 7.4 +- 0.005.
But nothing has been discussed about ORP, or oxidation-reduction
potential."
The pH of tap water is about pH 7, or neutral. When tap water is electrolyzed
into microwater, its reduced water has a pH of about 9 and the oxidized water a
pH of about 4. Even if you make alkaline water of pH 9 by adding sodium
hydroxide or make acidic water of pH 3 by adding hydrogen chloride, you will
find very little change in the ORP values of the two waters. On the other hand,
when you divide tap water with electrolysis you can see the ORP fluctuate by as
much as +- 1,000 mV. By electrolysis we can obtain reduced water with negative
potential that is good for the body.
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