Hi Dennis, Thanks for that excellent post.
Most people have trouble with the terminology of redox reactions, it took a constant referring to my notes to embed the relationship in my mind. Oxidation is the removal of electrons. Reduction is the gaining of electrons. A redox reaction is a two way street (most interactions of matter involve redox reactions)... that which is oxidised looses an electron, that which does the oxidising is reduced and gains that electron. The apparent contradiction in terms comes about because at the time when these reactions were described the electron was not known. What was described was the gain and loss of the positive charge. Hence reduction is the gaining of a negatively charged electron... and the REDUCTION of positive charge. The talk of negative redox potential is interesting. Negative reduction potential (the tendency to donate electrons) sure has a lot to recommend it. Microhydren, a form of silica hydride in which hydrogen has an extra electron which it is dying to donate to oxygen radicals etc. when added to water it outperforms water electrolysing, so I have been told. This page has easy to understand information on these topics. http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/freeradical3.htm Thanks to Dennis for sparking my interest. Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Lipter <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 1999 09:45 Subject: Re: CS>Coral Calcium///Redox -- 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]>
