Hydrogen peroxide is what is called a redox agent, it both reduces and oxidizes. For silver here are the equations:

Ag + H2O2 -> H2O + AgO
AgO + H2O2 -> Ag + H2O + O2

To make pure colloid from ionic one can add vitamin C, ascorbic acid, which is only a reducing/antioxidant.

Marshall




On 4/25/2012 7:49 AM, Ode Coyote wrote:


  H2O2 and silver goes both ways.

The Bell rocket belt is powered by H2O2 sprayed on a silver grid, producing steam.
H2O2 will make silver oxides  AND unmake them.

Ode


At 03:55 PM 4/24/2012 -0500, you wrote:
I don't think that H2O2 or Oxyclean qualify as "reducing agents" since
they are oxidizers.

Dan

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Ode Coyote <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I see quite a number of mis-truths in the manual.
>
> Electrolysis using only pure water and pure silver makes no photo-reactive
> compounds, thus no need for colored glass to store it.
>
> The photo showing particles was done using a TEM which requires drying the > sample which CREATES those particles of silver oxide...they weren't in the
> water at all.
>
> Adding H2O2 to a fresh batch will make it flash brownish...likely
> Tetrasilver Tetroxide, a patented germ killer that is touted to work by in
> vivo ion exchange.
> Their reducing agent might be similar to "Oxyclean" an H2O2 based bleach.
> [Turn your Golden hair into Platinum and have even more fun, girls. ]
> The "non measurable particles" would be a form of silver oxide. [There are 4
> or 5 different forms of silver oxide ]
>
> It's Silver Oxide that makes CS look yellow or amber...the same black stuff > that collects on one electrode when using the DC method and makes the golden
> mist when the current density is too high so that it forms in the water
> instead of staying on the electrode.
> If you dip a black electrode in H2O2, it destroys that black stuff just like
> it clears out the yellow /amber color out of the CS.
>
> Scrubbing the electrodes is a shear waste of silver.
> The dull appearance is due to pitting of the surface, not
> contamination...so, bulldoze a mountain to remove a creek bed?
>
> Their method for using the TDS meter is backwards, but may give a nearly
> accurate number by accident if done under the right conditions.
> ..makes the CS look stronger than it really is.
> I think that both the ions [Ag+] AND anions [OH-] add conductivity and they
> will reach a balance of mutual encounter probabilities according to
> concentration. [the max being 30 uS ]
> Â Also "some"Â silver oxide will dissolve in the water and stay that way, > adding to conductivity and not making particles big enough to be seen...but
> not much.
> The number you get from a meter doesn't match the number derived from an aa > spectrophotometer [which ACTUALLY measures PPM, but doesn't differentiate
> forms of silver ]Â  until the conductivity stops dropping.
>
> That's counting apples to see how many oranges you have, but both fruits are
> about the same size. [once the lemons and limes that CAN turn into the
> oranges you are trying to count, turn into those oranges ]
>
> More?
>
> What stir rate does to the numbers and size of silver hydroxide chunks.
> Why Fred Sprauge [now deceased] who once made the illustrious microprocessor
> controlled Custom Electronics LLC "Smart Silver" generator changed his
> stirrer to a direct copy after trying to figure it out for 7 years.
>
> What electrode tip discharge does to current density and electrode erosion. > [Bend those tips slightly away from each other and the electrodes will last > a lot longer...better yet, get the tips out of the water...something else
> that the "Smart Silver" copied and Fred admitted to.]
>
> Â "Sorry 'bout that Ode"..It's OK Fred.
> We both learned something when we traded units and mixed the parts.
> He was a good guy with a good product that didn't need distortions and
> emotional manipulation to sell itself.
> Who better to share a market with ?
>
> Ode
>
>
>
> At 10:52 AM 4/22/2012 -0700, you wrote:
>
> http://www.silverlungs.com/latest_user_manual_hm_ez_v.pdf
>
> The manual for SilverLungs describes adding a "reducing agent" to convert an > ionic solution to a colloidal silver. They have a photo of it turning amber
> color.  Any idea what it is, and if it is legit?
>
> David


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