I'm also no chemist Neville. Thanks for a well written article about CS.
Reece
If it causes no problems (Mike?), in future I'l sign off as "Opa".

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> On Jan 30, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Neville <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm no chemist but here's my simple explanation, and contributor corrections 
> are welcome of course...
> 
> The home made EIS/CS is a *predominantly*, {emphasis on predominantly} ionic 
> solution.  A combination of both positively electrically charged ions and 
> neutral charged atomic ion clusters {particles/colloids}.  The ratio of ions 
> to particles dictates terminology, i.e. colloidal product or predominantly 
> ionic product.
> 
> An ion is the smallest matter can be reduced before it loses its identity as 
> that matter, hence they could be termed colloids in their own right I guess, 
> but a true silver colloid has no electrical charge as an ion has.  Because 
> the silver atom has lost one electron in the electrolytic process it takes on 
> a positive electrical charge {Ag+ ion} and over a given time frame some of 
> those positively electrically charged ions will collide and combine with each 
> other forming particles/colloids whereby they lose that electrical charge, 
> {Van der Waals, Brownian Motion, Zeta potential etc etc etc}.
> 
> I believe the only way to increase the "true colloid" content would be to 
> produce a solution using HVAC and not LVDC. Arguments abound regarding 
> efficacy of the predominantly ionic solution and the "true colloidal" 
> solution, I believe we have the best of both worlds in the home produced 
> solution.  If you want a high electrically positively charged ion intake, 
> then take it immediately upon cessation of the brewing process, if a more 
> neutral charged particle/colloidal intake is desired then leave it in storage 
> for a period of time until it reaches a point of stability allowing more of 
> those ions form ion clusters, i.e. particles/colloids.  It's all in the 
> ion/particle ratio.
> 
> Marketing blurbs are misleading at best, and downright BS at worst <g>.  
> Ignore half of what one reads and don't believe the rest.  Commercial 
> producers need to produce their product using HVAC to supply the volumes 
> necessary for resale, and I believe that type product can lead to issues. 
> {opinion}  Using a modicum of common sense we can take as much of the home 
> made product as we want. {opinion again}
> 
> If one is concerned about the stomach acid rendering our product less 
> effective, {which I believe is BS anyway} then theory dictates if it's taken 
> in the morning on an empty stomach the stomach acid will be far less active. 
> {yet another opinion}
> 
> That's my input to your query.
> 
> N.
> 
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:37:39 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: CS>What's the difference?
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> I just read this feedback from some customer in Amazon about avoiding making 
> your own C.S. at home because it's "ionic" --
> Here's the rest of his msg that got me confused:
> Best deal you can buy but....
> By David W. Galbraith on November 6, 2009
> Noticed one review stated that their's had sediment at the bottom. I wonder 
> if possibly the bottle has been exposed to excessive heat or cold? Anyway, if 
> you google Mesosilver you'll find a rigorous lab analysis of many different 
> brands of silver and this one has the best quality control.
> 
> One important note: ALL the machines sold for making colloidal silver use an 
> electrolysis process and make IONIC silver. There are no machines sold that 
> are capable of making true colloidal silver. Ionic silver products are very 
> cheaply made and sold for bloated prices (some claiming to be true colloidal 
> silver--shame on Sovereign Silver for that!)
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> 
> Can someone please explain the difference of home made CS --- 
> 
> RaVen
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