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					Originally Posted by G1GY
					
				 
				Other disolved solids include Sodium, potassium, Bicarbonates, carbonates, Sulfates, Chloride, Nitrate, Floride, Boron and Silica.  All of which are not metals. 
			
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 Um, you know sodium is a metal, right? I'm thinking K is also a metal. Many  "ides" and "ates" are salts of metals. Just clearing things up a bit 
