James said: >Brooks's data is puzzling. The LVDC stuff I used to make was not clear. >It precipitated. I did use a tiny bit of salt, less than half what Metcalf >recommended. Can it be that all the particles do come off the same size >and it is the intensity of their charge which keeps them from forming >larger particles?"
In my opinion James, the ions of silver are all the same size when released, but without circulation an ion cloud forms (they have very low mobility as you can observe) and reaches a density where crystals start to form, just as you get in a saturated solution. Thus the color and further, the lack of charge (now metallic not ionic) allows gravity to act on them and allow settlement. The longer the run and/or the denser the cloud, the more crystal growth. It is virtually impossible to time a electrochemical process and thus the wide variations reported by "you all" and the need to meter and express PPM before comparing apples and oranges! My theory with the HV process is that the ions of silver are released at the positive electrode, which then is reversed from positive to negative, now attracting the ion so it can collect its missing electron to become metallic silver. Now, with no charge it has no affinity to travel BUT the HV electrostatic forces can disperse it. Thus no free ions and no saturated zones so no crystal growth! Now you have small particles which are easily suspended by the Van der Waal forces and a built in electrostatic circulation to prevent "sludge deposits". Being non-reactive particles (vs. ions) a high PPM can be produced before settlement may become a problem. My only problems with the process (besides the HV danger) is you have metallic silver rather then ions, which I believe has less effacy and a high PPM which is easily abused. On a Yahoo list, one poor soul claimed he was so sick he had to take 3 ounces, 8 times a day for months (no mention of the PPM) but a serious overdose by my book and probably the cause of many of his problems? Corrections or Comments? Cordially, [email protected] -- 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] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
