Philip wrote: > > I noticed tiny flakes floating around in my CS this morning. While > some are visible and dark in color (like very tiny flakes of pepper), > the majority are a reddish rust brown color and cannot be seen without a > magnifying glass. I made the solution using distilled water by > zapping it for one hour with nine volts. I thought I'd better run it by > the cognoscenti. Does this mean that sliver nitrate has formed? Do I > continue taking it? Make a new batch? > > Philip
My advice is to throw that batch out and start over. I have experienced that this discoloration occurs because the electrodes build up a black coating during the silver process. These must be periodically cleaned. And as you say, you processed the silver for one hour. The longer the process runs, the more frequently the cleaning needs to occur. Approximately every ten minutes remove the electrodes and wipe them clean. Then continue the process. This does tend to occur more frequently when longer processed times are used. Mike
