2012/5/8 Neville Munn <[email protected]> > Well, here's another take on it. And I don't mean to tread on anyones > toes, just stating my opinion. > > I personally don't subscribe to the reverse polarity business. It's fine > for those who prefer to set and forget, but every time that polarity is > automatically reversed, whatever hydroxides blah blah that appears on the > electrode will be removed {blown off} from that electrode - and where does > that stuff end up? it remains in the water, in whatever form, and probly > ends up laying on the surface of the water or on the bottom of the storage > vessel which means one will have to either decant or filter it out. If I'm > wrong here, then I am sure someone will state as much quick enough, but > then that's why we are here is it not - opinion exchange. >
Appreciate the opinions here... I have been brewing with 0.5 at the beginning until to 3 mA after about 80 minutes continuously . To keep below 3 mA at the end it requires vigorous agitation of the solution. This is by seeding the distiled water with a little of the previous batch of CS. My opinion is that it is good to have a large surface contact of the silver rods with the water. The anode looses metal to the solution so its surface becomes rough. So after a number of runs it would be useful to switch polarities the have both electrodes with similar surface area and consequently same electrochemical behavior. Comments ?
