Hello Dan
Yes I fully understand that, with a current controlled generator, its
hard to make bad CS even in the worst water. But I wanted to see what
happened when all the wrong choices were made. I'm quite sure this is
why argyria cases like Paul Karosan , Stan Jones, and a few cases here
in Australia, are now appearing. These old methods are still being
used. Shortcuts are still being taken. I'm continually asked if rain
water (from a tank), mineral water, spring water, 'filtered water' etc
is good enough. It's not.
David
Subject:
Re: CS>'3 nines' equals about 764 ppm in ten minutes.
From:
Dan Nave <[email protected]>
Date:
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:09:09 -0600
To:
[email protected]
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Very interesting.
What you are showing is that you can make a very strong brew in water
(with added salt) in a short time.
I would rather record the actual current every few minutes and graph
and calculate from that as you can get a better idea as to what is
actually happening. If you have Microsoft Excel you can use the
Faraday calculator to do the math.
My purpose was somewhat different. It was to show that you could make
a less risky and still useful product in tap water, if necessary.
I will have to do some more detailed experiments.
Note that if you have a CS maker with current control you will never
get more silver than the current limit will allow which is approximately:
17ppm at 1ma in 1 cup of water for 1 hour or
.28ppm at 1ma in 1 cup of water for 1 minute.
So with a 1ma current limit, go ahead and brew for an hour to get
17ppm (in one cup).
Otherwise, using a 9 volt battery with silver electrodes for 1 minute
in tap water in about a 16 ounce glass (with manual stirring) would
probably give you something that you could use in a pinch (without
salt). This might be useful for sterilizing water or treating diarrhea.
Dan
