Hi, My best guess; you're measuring the conductivity of a weak acid, ascorbic. It likes to interact with hydrogen peroxide. Here's the story from wiki, and I suspect the silver ion is just getting booted around becoming an oxide, then an ion, etc. Dunno; Marshall or Steve are the chemists, but the reaction between H2O2 and ascorbic stops the classic free-radical 'Jacob's ladder' of monoatomic oxygen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascorbic_acid Take care, Malcolm On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 21:09 -0800, poast wrote: > I have been exercising some EIS over the past few days. > > I started out with a solution that had a conductivity of about 15 uS. > > I added a very small amount of ascorbic acid. The solution turned > amber brown, then went to grey. However, when I held it up to > sunlight, it was more amber, but under the kitchen light it was grey. > > I then added some H2O2 and didn't think it was going to do anything, > but the next day the solution was clear, with a good Tyndale effect. > Conductivity is up to 25 uS. > > I then added some more ascorbic acid, and once again ended up with a > grey solution. > > Add more H2O2 and after a while it clears back up. At this point the > conductivity of the solution was about 75 uS. > > Once again I add some ascorbic acid. This time there wasn't much of a > reaction. I added a little more, and after some time the solution > turned to a light grey. > > Add more H2O2 and after a while it goes clear again. Conductivity is > now up to 115 uS. > > Added more ascorbic acid and nothing happened. Added more and finally > the reaction started. Let it sit for a few hours, and once again the > solution is slightly grey. > > Add more H2O2 and after a while it goes clear again. Conductivity is > up to 185 uS. > > > > Questions... > > What is going on? > > Have I worn this solution out, or is it still good for something? > > Is the increase in conductivity due to the addition of the ascorbic > acid? Or am I chemically making a higher concentration? > > Is this similar to what goes on inside the body? > > Is this of any use to anyone? > > It was a fun experiment, but I am not sure if it has value. I have to > confess that I am having too much fun. > > Tom -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
