Ivan Anderson wrote: > Hi Marshall, > > The fact remains that colloidal silver IS effective at all these > particle sizes and it can definitely NOT be said that CS at .001 > micron is 1000 times more effective than CS at .015 micron. > It has been reported that it is not the particle size that > conveys effectiveness but rather quantity of silver involved.
Please read my reply again, that is EXACTLY what I said. If you have 1000 times as many particles than you should expect something like 1000 times the effectiveness. I am assuming that there is no difference the effectiveness between different particle sizes, although there may be some. The 1000 factor comes from the physical fact that if a particle is 1/10 the size there are 1,000 times as many of them for the same PPM. > More over most CS will contain a range of particle sizes which > may be found to be more effective against a range of pathogens. > This may be due to larger particles having a greater net charge, > available for interaction, than smaller particles. This is something that needs to be explored. It does appear that larger particle size works against bacteria in the lower GI tract for instance, probably because they don't get absorbed into the blood I think. Without any experiments that address this issue the best I can do is assume that the effectiveness between differerent particle sizes within a certain range is the same, and that any differences in the effectiveness would be dependent on the number of particles. > Even if there are 3375 more .001 micron particles in an oz of CS > than .015 micron sized particles, that number is so insignificant > to be meaningless when you compare it to the actual number of > silver particles...which is at least 1,000,000,000,000,000 in > number per oz at 5 ppm. Not 3375 more particles, but 3375 times as many particles. That is instead of 1 quadrillion particles, there would be 3,375 quadrillion particles. That IS significant. 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]>
