I know boiling water kills most bacteria, but will it also kill the minerals in the water?

Minerals are not alive. They are microscopic rocks. Boiling will not kill rocks.





The most it can do is, depending on the mineral, change its composition or make it react with something else already in the water (the heat being the catalyst). That's about it.

I know boiling water kills most bacteria, but will it also kill the minerals in the water?
No,


Minerals are like tiny particles of rocks, they can't be 'killed'.





Minerals are the pure substances that make up rocks. They are made of a single element - like calcium, magnesium, and potassium.
Reply:How can you kill something that is not alive to being with?
Reply:No ... only when you distill water do the minerals get left behind. If anything boiling water concentrates the minerals even more.
Reply:ye.boiling water kills bacterias in it but it sometimes affect the minerals present in them too.......
Reply:there is nothing to kill in the minerals. boiling will not get rid of them. some will coat the pot or anything in it. it's called hard water. it makes your water taste funny and changes the taste of items cooked in it. Is bad for washing clothes and hair.
Reply:no
Reply:you are all wrong..... the rock monster is alive and he's coming now.....to get you.....
Reply:no minerals stay intact after boiling although some may change format and disolve
Reply:minerals are inanimate substances and cannot be killed. and any bacteria found outside the body as in food,water etc are generally pathogenic,i.e disease causing, so boil your water water without worries.
Reply:no
Reply:Minerals will not disintegrate by water boiling point. u will need a few hundreds to thousands degree to melt them.


But some of them are toxic compounds. Some people who drink water containing arsenic in excess of EPA's standard over many years could experience skin damage or problems with their circulatory system, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer.





Fluoride. Many communities add fluoride to their drinking water to promote dental health. Each community makes its own decision about whether or not to add fluoride. EPA has set an enforceable drinking water standard for fluoride of 4 mg/L (some people who drink water containing fluoride in excess of this level over many years could get bone disease, including pain and tenderness of the bones). EPA has also set a secondary fluoride standard of 2 mg/L to protect against dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis, in its moderate or severe forms, may result in a brown staining and/or pitting of the permanent teeth. This problem occurs only in developing teeth, before they erupt from the gums. Children under nine should not drink water that has more than 2 mg/L of fluoride.





Lead typically leaches into water from plumbing in older buildings. Lead pipes and plumbing fittings have been banned since August 1998. Children and pregnant women are most susceptible to lead health risks.








Not all bacteria are killed by boiling water. For example, Although you and all plants and animals would quickly die in such hot water, the microbe Pyrococcus furiosus thrives in boiling water. This bacterium not only lives at hot temperatures, but it freezes to death at temperatures below 70 degrees Celsius. Microbes that thrive in boiling hot water are called "hyperthermophiles".





Not only do these exotic microbes live in boiling water, they do not breathe oxygen. In fact, oxygen kills them. Instead of oxygen, these fiery microbes breathe sulfur and exhale the stuff that gives rotten-eggs their smell: hydrogen sulfide.





Since these microbes like boiling hot water with no oxygen, they live in the hot water bubbling from undersea hot vents.





These bacteria are classified as members of the Archeae, one of two major groups of bacteria. Some scientists believe that the Archeae are the most direct descendants of the oldest life forms to inhabit Earth. Over 3 billion years ago, ancient Earth was probably steaming hot with little oxygen and plenty of sulfur, a comfy place for Pyrococcus to swim and enjoy life.
Reply:no my dear the minerals won't be killed as they aren't alive.they only may precipitate by boiling of water due to loss of water as water vapor .but also they may dissolve more and more ,this is depending on the properties of the mineral.