George Martin wrote: >> Place the electrodes, still wet and full of fluff or oxide, on the >> pieces of pre-weighed paper. >> Bake in oven to drive off the water. >> Weigh the combined paper/electrode/dried fluff. (Don't sneeze!) >> Subtract the paper and you'll get the actual mass of >> silver that *didn't* go into the water! > > I think you would have to determine how much of the 'fluff' is > silver and how much is 'oxide'...
Damn, you're right. If it's all silver oxide on the positive wire, for instance, it will give you an artificially large mass, which you would then subtract from that presumed to be still in the water giving you a lower ppm reading. In fact, if all the sludge on the negative terminal was oxide as well, we could even end up with negative ppm! Alright, keep a thinkin'... Mike [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
