Water appears as a clear, nontoxic liquid composed of hydrogen and oxygen, essential for life and the most widely used solvent. Include water in a mixture to learn how it could react with other chemicals in the mixture. Water is an oxygen hydride consisting of an oxygen atom that is covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms. It has a role as an amphiprotic solvent, a member of greenhouse gas, a human metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is an oxygen hydride, a mononuclear parent hydride and an inorganic hydroxy compound. It is a conjugate base of an oxonium. It is a conjugate acid of a hydroxide.

在生活中，一般和机器、电器相关的时候，蒸馏水的作用主要是它不导电，保证机器运行稳定，延长电器使用寿命。在医药行业[5]，蒸馏水的作用是因为低渗作用。用蒸馏水冲洗手术伤口，使创面可能残留的肿瘤细胞吸水膨胀，破裂，坏死，失去活性，避免肿瘤在创面种植生长。学校里的化学实验，有些需要用蒸馏水，利用的就是蒸馏水无电解质，没有游离离子，或是没有杂质。你需要具体问题具体分析，看看是利用它不导电的性质，还是低渗作用，还是没有其他离子，不会发生化学反应的作用。