Hi, All.

Thanks, "Eden", for this clear explanation that indicates that colloidal
silver is ionic as it it positively charged silver.

I've been wading through days of other e-mail and didn't notice the re: 
til now.

Sincerely,
Nancy

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[email protected] wrote:
> 
> > From what I read there, apparently, ingesting an electricly charged
> > silver particle is much safer than ingesting a silver ion.
> 
> An ion means charged particle.
> The simplest ion would be an electron(-) or proton (H+)
> Ag+ is a positively charged ion.
> 
> electrically charged silver particle and ion are the same thing..
> the charged particle, ion could be an electron/proton, atom,
> molecule, or "cluster of molecules"
> 
> I'm not clear about all the particle size stuff myself.
> 
> from my understanding of things
> like charges repel.
> Ag+ ions will remain separate unless they cluster as a result of
> other microelectrical forces.

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