>Greetings to the Silver List!
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>Interesting subject! Thanks for bringing it up Don!
>Here is some more authoratative info for us.
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>Encyclopaedia Britanica
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>"If the hydroxyl ion concentration [OH-] is changed, the hydrogen ion concentration [H+] always changes automatically to manitain the equation. It is thought that it is the hydrogen ion that gives an acid it's acidic characteristics, while the properties of the hydroxyl ion are those of bases. Acidity is thus defined in terms of concentration of hydrogen ion and is expressed as the pH of a solution. The pH is 7 in neutral solution OR IN PURE WATER."
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>So, absolutely pure water (containing only hydrogen and oxygen atoms), at room temperature, will achieve a state of equilibrium between the formation of ions and the recombination into H2O molecules, in which state the pH will be 7.
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>So, if our water at room temperature , varies from a pH of 7, there is something other than hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the solution. This being the case, according to Sota, their protocol requires an alkaline pH in their water. Therefore, their water must be "impure". Right? But is impurity in this slight degree a negative. In this case I would say no. We are dealing with distillled water, not tap water, or well water. The distillation process eliminates virtually all foreign elements. The additional filtration that many of us are using contributes to even better purity of the water we use. There are , obviously, trace elements that effect the pH. Judging by the presence of these elements , even after distillation and filtration, they are quite possibly colloidal in particle size. No? Certainly under 1 micron! Should we consider the water to be dangerous because of the "impurities" in the water? Doubtfully. It is significant in that these trace elements effect pH, and this is a factor important to us in producing a good quality of colloidal silver. It is something we need to be aware of and make adjustments for if we are going to have consistent results.
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>My Two Cents.
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>God Bless,
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>Scott
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>At 04:36 PM 8/29/97 +1000, you wrote:
>>So I was right, pure water is neutral?
>>Don
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>>Terry Dickinson wrote:
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>>> Don Straatman wrote:
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>>> > Am I missing something here? How can you have 'water that is very
>>> > pure,
>>> > but also very acid'?
>>> > I always thought that pure water would be neutral.
>>> > Don
>>> >
>>> > I quote from McGaw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology:
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>>> "Pure water at normal temperature has a pH of 7.0"
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>>> pH7.0 is neutral. 6.0 is acid.
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>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>> Terry
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