What Is Ionized Water
and How Is It Made?

To answer the question of ionized water we need to first know what and 'ion' is.

The Ion
An ion is basically any molecule or atom that has an uneven number of electrons to protons. If there are more electrons than protons than the molecule will have a negative charge (an 'anion'). If more electrons to protons than it will have a positive charge (a 'cation').

With a neutral (neither negative nor positive charge) molecule or atom the protons are within the nucleus and the equal number of electrons fly around the nucleus within a specific orbit that is dictated by the strength of the attraction that the electrons have to the protons. This creates a stable molecule that moves around freely doing its business amongst other stable molecules and not reacting with them.

Unstable molecules
If a molecule loses one of its electrons it will now become unstable. No longer neutral but now having a positive charge (less electrons) to it.
Because the law of attraction states that opposites attract, this positively charged molecule will now be looking to 'steal' an electron or however many it needs from any other molecule that is either negatively charged (more electrons) or even a neutral molecule if it gets close enough. Setting up a chain reaction.

In Water
Now this may sound bad but in nature this process is going on all the time. Its necessary for life. Water found in its natural environment will always have some level of minerals in it.

In its natural state most water is [ionized water] and without these minerals there would not be any kind of exchange, or ionization going on...or very little. That's because without the constantly changing mix of minerals (also known as electrolytes because of their ability to conduct electricity) with differing electrical charges present, there is nothing to start the process of ionization.

The term '[electrolysis of water]' is closely related to the electrolytes in the water but is the process of actually applying an electrical charge to an anode (positively charged) and a cathode (negatively charged) while letting the water pass between them which separates the negatively charged ions to the anode and the positively charged ions to the cathode.

Many people think that [oxygenated drinking water] is the same as distilled water but they're not. They are two different processes and [distilled water cannot be ionized water] whereas oxygenated water can be.

Distilled water is also a poor conductor of electricity and in fact is estimated to be 1 million times less conductive than sea water due to the high content of the salts and other elements in sea water. Without the mineral elements in the water there is nothing for an electrical current to use as a conductor through the water.

Ionized water
So in its natural state nearly all water is [ionized alkaline water] to varying degrees.

The term De-Ionized water then is referring to water that has had all those electrolytes (mineral ions) physically removed. Usually by a process using De-Ionizing resin which, using the laws we just talked about, attract and bind the minerals...holding them as the water is filtered through. End result is pure water with no minerals. Distilled or 'De-Ionized' water.

Message from Alkaline Water Specialist