FYI my unit runs off of two AA batteries and has slowly made its way up to
a 36uS batch right now.   Hope it just keeps going.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:58 PM, David AuBuchon <[email protected]>wrote:

> This is interesting as this suggest that while there is a limit to how
> much AgOH can dissolve, there may be a totally different (if not no
> theoretical limit) for how much Ag+ and OH- can be in solution (i.e. not as
> a result of dissolving AgOH).  Can that physically/chemically make sense?
>
> Perhaps it is as Mike suggests in that whatever AgOH is formed is done so
> immediately in the so called nernst diffusion layer.  This would imply that
> the drop in conductance after a batch finishes is caused by something
> entirely different than AgOH forming.  What could be causing the drop then?
>  And why is it less pronounced in the higher density EIS?  (perhaps some of
> the conductance drop is not seen in the higher PPM EIS, as it is actually
> obscured by the still overall increasing conductance since the higher PPM
> EIS is being processed for a much longer time?)  This could also explain a
> mechanism of particle formation as AgOH clumps right at the site of the
> electrode?
>
> just talking out of something
> David
>