Dear Brooks: Thanks for your valuable message about the use of sugar-bearing compounds in the production of CS.
A quick question if I may: In your studies, does electron microscopy reveal any difference in quality of CS made by AC vs DC current flow? Many thanks, Steve King At 12:35 PM 10/4/99 -0500, you wrote: > Dear Mr. Berger. > A comment regarding your prune juice container >experience: In 1997, when two of our technicians were enthusiastically pursuing >multiple avenues of research on Colloidal Silver generation, they discovered that >most saccharides, glucoses and sucroses caused the yellow/gold color shifts to >occur----all harmless physiologically (based upon our evaluations). The residual >sucrose/fructose content along the walls of the container, probably, caused the >reaction your CS experienced. > No sugar-bearing compound (used in 50 to 500 mg amounts in to 16 >oz DW volumes) ever caused us any difficulty.......whatsoever. In fact, all of >our staff members (4) currently generating their own CS, use one small drop of pure >honey (per 8 to 16 oz) as an accelerant. Electron microscopy has not revealed any >detectable visual anomalies in any of the solutions containing any of the >glucose/sucrose/fructose accelerants. > Conversely, we encountered many anomalies, including agglomeration, >from a wide variety of contaminated water sources (even slightly contaminated). >SODIUM CHLORIDE , even in small quantities, effected structural changes detectable >by electron microscopy (We did not conduct any form of toxicity evaluations for the >NaCl solutions). Also, the amount of contaminating substance required for >upsetting the generation of CS acceptable for internal use-----was quite small (as >little as 16-20 ppm).. NO TAP WATER source ever facilitated the generation of >acceptable colloidal silver solutions.......based upon stability and visual >analysis via electron microscopy. > I hope these observations will be of value to the discussion revolving >around solution colorations. > Sincerely. Brooks Bradley. > >[email protected] wrote: > >> Steve: >> >> What is your starting current? What are your brewing paramters? >> It's an old song but I never get a color change with stirring and polarity >> switching. >> I always know the starting and end currents and since I measure every run with >> a spectrophotometer just to verify that the process stays in control. >> >> I use the plastic SOLO cup from the grocery store and never wash it, just wipe >> it dry with a clean paper towel. >> >> One time a 1/2 gallon went yellow when a used a prune juice bottle that still >> had a prune smell to it, the second batch was ok. >> >> Send me your parameters for brewing and the currents involved and I will see if >> I can help you. >> >> "Ole Bob" >> >> -- >> 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]> > > > >
