Is this a yes or a no in response to his question: "Is your silver
electrodes supposed" to turn black..

It turns black but is this a "good thing" or a "bad thing?"

Diane

James Allison wrote:
> 
> You asked...
> Is your silver electrodes supposed to turn black in an hour using distilled
> water and 24 volts?
> 
> And I say...
> In answer to your question, I will quote from a reference on the web...
> "At higher current levels, some of the water is also converted to gases,
> with oxygen gas molecules evolving at the silver anode, and hydrogen gas
> molecules evolving at the negatively charged Cathode. While some others
> elsewhere on the Web have spoken of the possibility of oxidation of silver
> ions at the anode by this oxygen, such is not known to occur in
> electroplating operations. The Anode surface itself is what appears to
> oxidize, as evidenced by it's turning dark during the CS generating
> process."
> 
> Yours in health,
> James Allison
> 
> Allisons Apothecary
> http://apothecary.hypermart.net
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