On 28 Mar 98 at 23:37, Jason wrote: > Would it be possible to have only the positive electrode in the > water and the negative wrapped around the outside of the glass > container, sort of like a capacitor?
In any straight DC system, it wouldn't work, of course. There'd be no circuit. There are two examples I've heard of that would be interesting to compare with. One is the CSPro systems, which use a stainless steel container to make the CS in. The silver electrode is in the middle. They use HVDC. As long as the polarity is right you'll make CS using this setup. Reverse the polarity and you'll make colloidal stainless steel water! The other example is more relevant. The Motherlode unit is a HVAC system that has two operating modes. One has both electrodes in the water, like Christian Wechmar was describing the other day. The other mode places one electrode *over* the water and one immersed. I understand that some actual arcing occurs at the beginning of the process, until the conductivity of the water becomes high enough. This looks very much like it forms a capacitor between the dry electrode and the surface of the water, with the wet electrode donating silver ions from below. The capacitor will charge up and discharge again each cycle. Half the time it will be generating CS particles. The dry electrode still has to be silver, since at the beginning, the non-conductive water is part of the dielectric of the capacitor, and the electric field between the two electrodes is dense enough to cause breakdown and arcing. Thus it *also* contributes some silver to the mix. Once the water becomes conductive, the E-field spreads out and the arcing stops. I'll bet the configuration you're thinking of would work, without the arcing. The initial configuration would be metal/glass/water/silver, and would become metal/glass/water after the water becomes conductive. In either case, the silver electrode would be forced to donate ionic silver. The process may be slow to start. You'd have to experiment with size and shape of vessel, voltage level, etc. Just my thoughts. I have no idea which of the things I'm saying is totally wrong. So caveat experimentor! Mike D. [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]>
