Neville wrote: > I seriously doubt putting the whole kit and kaboodle on a scale would > be anywhere near accurate enough.
I recall thinking about this years ago... If you made a liter of CS at 20 ppm, that would be 20 milligrams of silver. Now, can we measure a change of 20 milligrams on a 4" long piece of silver wire? Maybe. 14 gauge wire is 1.628 millimeters diameter, 4" is about 100mm pi x diameter x length = 1.628 x 3.1416 x 100 = 511 cubic millimeters ... which will be .511 cubic centimeters. Density of silver is about 10.5 grams per cc: .511 cc x 10.5 g/cc = 5.37 grams = 5370 milligrams 20 milligrams / 5370 milligrams = .00372 or .372 percent of the electrode mass, dissolved into the water. Now, we need a balance with a resolution of at most 1 milligram and a maximum measurement range in excess of 6 grams... I'm looking at a mettler ae100 that'll read up to 109 grams to the nearest 0.1 milligrams... That'd do it. Don't know what it'd cost used. Probably a few thousand. Doable if you've got a decent balance. Your old triple beam probably won't do it, though. Please re-check my math to make sure I didn't drop some zeros anyplace! <grin> Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
