James, Great post. Pitty Peter will not be able to answer your questions. Part of your reply was as follows:
>JOH: One of my greatest areas of interest is the difference between >"ionic" silver, which I currently define as monoatomic "disssolved" silver >exhibiting the valence charge of silver, and nonionic silver in small >clusters each of which has a single positive charge not directly, at least, >related to the valence of the individual atoms. An admirable attempt to rewrite the definition of the term 'ion' and 'ionic', but I'm not buying it ;-) From the AP Dictionary of Science and Technology: ion Chemistry an atom, radical, or molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons and thus acquired a net negative or positive charge. In electrolysis, positive ions (cations) travel to the cathode, while negative ions (anions) travel to the anode. (Coined by Michael Faraday, from a Greek form meaning "going.") The correct term for what you call 'monoatomic "dissolved" silver exhibiting the valence charge of silver', is the monoatomic silver ion. Ionic silver solution is either a solution of monoatomic silver ions or clusters of silver atoms which have lost one or more electrons. The difference between these two is what you are drawing Peters attention to I think, but to call these clusters non-ionic is not correct. Also, the idea that some colloidal silver may contain, as you say, '... nonionic silver in small clusters each of which has a single positive charge not directly, at least, related to the valence of the individual atoms...' may occur with some generating methods, but does not with the LVDC method I employ. Here is part of a missive I posted in March which compares the silver assay as reported by the Ion Selective Electrode (ISE) which measures only the free silver ion, and the Atomic Absorption method which measures total silver content. "Because I wish to present to my customers independent silver assays including batch numbers etc. (why should they take my word for it?) periodically I send samples to a well respected laboratory for Atomic Absorbtion (AA) analysis, which reads TOTAL silver content. The results to date have confirmed my ISE readings to within 1 or 2PPM (20PPM samples) every time!! What does this mean? Simply this... no matter what the particle size, 15 atoms, 100 atoms, 1 atom, or mixture of particle sizes, the net ionic charge is the same as if the solution consisted of single Ag+ monovalent atoms only." >JOH: I agree, certainly not any amount that could be consumed without >drowning. :-) >About 3 to 5 % of approved drugs have proven benefits. Somewhere between >100,000 and 200,000 people---depending on how you interpret the >statistics---die from "approved drugs" annually in this country alone. > Side effects of legal drugs account for about 25 % of all deaths in >developed countries. All with the approval of government. > >Good fortune in your search for truth. Look with the intent to understand >and be willing to cope with a lot of disinformation. > > I hope that your condition continues to improve. > > >End JOH Amen Regards - Ivan -- 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]>
