Reid Smith wrote:
> Oxygen has a positive charge so it would be attracted to the enzyme or organism. Reference General Chemistry third Edition, by Whitten, Gailey and Davis, page 138 and 139: "The electronegativity of an element is a measure of the relative tendency of an atom to attract electrrons to itself when it is chemically combined with another atom. Electronegativities of the elements are expressed on a somewhat arbitary scale, called the Pauling scale (Table 5-6). The elecronegaivity of fluoride (4.0) is higher than that of any other element. This tells us that when fluorine is chemically bonded to other elements, it has a greater tendency to attract electron density to itself than does any other element. Oxygen is the second most electrnegative element." The table shows that oxygen has an electronegative value of 3.5. I think the confusion may come from the fact that oxygen wants to acquire 2 electrons when it ionically binds to something (making it appear that the atom is positive although since it has the same number of protons and electrons so it is really neutral), but what is important is that when it bonds or succeeds in acquiring the two electrons it wants, it has two more electrons than protons thus making it negative. Marshall -- 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]>
