marshall nelson wrote... " A selective ion probe meter will give accurate silver ion concentrations from 0.1ppm to 10,000 ppm"


Its interesting that you mention these gadgets. Out of interest I've been reading up on them recently. They seem a pretty difficult way to measure ionic silver, way beyond the know-how of most of us, and not simply a matter of dipping an EC or ppm meter into a solution like we normally do. It appears they require lots of calibrating in a solution of known ionic silver content (which would present a few obvious problems I would think). And it looks like an investment of quite a few thousand dollars would be required to get set up properly with an ion selective measuring system.

Lots of info here about them...

http://www.nico2000.net/Book/Guide1.html

However its interesting to note that Frank Key's Colloidal Science Lab does not use ISE's to measure ionic content. I would think such a device would be right up his alley if they work as imagined.

Perhaps theres a problem with actually using them to measure ionic silver that I have not grasped.

http://www.colloidalsciencelab.com/labMeasurements.htm


Cheers
David (Australia)





From: marshall nelson <[email protected]>
Date: 11 February 2012 3:55:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>Mesosilver


A selective ion probe meter will give accurate silver ion concentrations from 0.1ppm to 10,000 ppm. Combined with the Malvern results and a total solids determination using dry weight, along with sem photos after ultracentrifuging, you will be able to calculate the absolute ratio of ions to particulate along with a good idea of particle size distribution. There are analytical balances that are accurate in these ranges of concentration. This is not conjecture.



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