This depends on the nature of the plates involved. In a subduction zone, the subducting plate, which is normally a plate with oceanic crust, moves beneath the other plate, which can be made of either oceanic or continental crust. During collisions between two continental plates, large mountain ranges, such as the Himalayas are formed.
Any impurities are left behind in the pot where the water was boiled. On the other hand, if you're just interested in making water safe for drinking, you can do this by boiling the water for about 15 minutes. This is enough to kill most of the microbes in the water.pdate: I have vary hard water at my house and and would like to make it a bit softer for my aquarium instead of having to carry bottled water home from the store. How long do I have to boil hard water to distille it or remove some of the hardness. Tap water is @ 22dh.
A distilling parrot is used to read the %alcohol of you distillate continuously while distilling. The distillate flows into the parrot from the bottom, fills the 20mm pipe and overflows at the top of the 20mm pipe into the 54 to 20mm reducer and from their out again through the other 8mm pipe.To build your own distilling parrot requires to following:â¢ 1  A 20mm copper pipe (with an inner diameter to let the alcohol meter float without touching sides) of about 300mm (the full length of your alcohol meter). â¢ 2  A 54mm to 20mm copper reducer. â¢ 3  Two lengths of 6mm copper tubing (or a diayer to suit the output of your still). â¢ 4  One copper 5  ... Sohe distillate flows into the parrot from the bottom, fills the 20mm pipe and overflows at the top of the 20mm pipe into the 54 to 20mm reducer and from their out again through the other 8mm pipe. To build your own distilling parrot requires to following: