Marshall Dudley wrote: > Do not confuse the issue that CS does not easily react with acids with the > issue that acids can cause aggregation of the silver particles. These are > two entirely two entirely different issues.
True enough. There are many ways that the stability of a colloidal suspension can be disturbed, most however involve a chemical reaction of some description or other. > The aggregaton with ascorbic acid is not a reaction in the chemical sense, > it is simply an aggragation. Silver is almost inert, and does not react > with much of anything without at elevated temperature except for sulfur > compounds which causes tarnish. Is that so. Silver ions are anything other than inert. Ag+ is quite a strong oxidiser. CS is composed, in the main, of silver ions. Whilst elemental silver is a stable metal (noble) and does not react spontaneously with many substances (ascorbic acid will oxidise metallic silver), this is not the case with silver ions. > Marshall Ivan. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
