Hi Steve, Yes, I was somewhat surprised myself. My intention with the design of the printed circuit board was to be able to also offer customers a setup with a mason canning jar to be able to make 1/2 gallon per day and have the same quantity of very small particles. But the results are undeniable. As far as the barrier, you have a very good idea. Years ago on the list we had some people experimenting with various approaches to what we called the "starved cathode method". It came and went, as so much does here on the list. The 100 micro amps per square inch of surface area that I use an goes back to work that Mike Monet did here on the list. I've found that it had a great deal of merit. The reason for this being valid is the Nernst diffusion area.
http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/marco/Enzyme_Electrode/Chapter2/Chapter2_page3.htm This only applies only to the anode. The phenomenon that I observed between the results of the 1 gallon set up and the 1/2 gallon setup must have more to do with the the ability of ions to assimilate or truly dissolve into the water before they end up on the cathode. The results are undeniable. That's why I take pictures, even when I am experimenting only for my own information. ----- Original Message ----- From: Norton, Steve To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:24 PM Subject: FW: CS>My best effort at making CS Arnold, Your test results are both interesting and somewhat surprising. I have always used some form of stirring, even when I have used a four inch separation between electrodes. With your one gallon setup you are getting the performance of the sophisticated, automated generators but without the cost or complexity. One question though - do you think the performance of the half gallon setup would be improved by adding a plastic barrier between the positive and negative electrodes to increase the electrical path length between them to something equivalent to the one gallon 4 inch separation? I would put the barrier closer to the negative electrode so as to give as much open water to the silver ions. And I would not make it too restrictive (overly large). - Steve N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Arnold Beland [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>My best effort at making CS This was too long to post to the silver list so here is the link: http://goldismoney.info/forums/showthread.php?t=371376 Comments are welcome.
