I wish there were, but I have not found it yet. Marshall
Michael Leavitt wrote: > Hi Marshall, > If we make good clear Cs, how do we know what size the particles are? For > me, the > stuff I make works great as is, I have a very weak tyndall effect and it > usually > doesn't turn golden color. Well, maybe a weak golden color sometimes. I > expect good > results from the Cs that I make, but the particle size isn't really something > that I > can measure. I run my generator at low milliamps because the feedback from > this > site seems to indicate that lower current (around 1ma.) produces smaller > particles. > I can accept this from those whose opinion I respect, you are included in this > group, but it would still be nice to have some idea of particle size. Is > there a way > at a reasonable cost to measure the size? > > Thanks > Mike > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > There are a number of books, "Colloidal Chemistry" being one of them, that > > state > > that the effectiveness of a colloidal catalyst is essentially 0 at the > > atomic > > size, and 0 when the particles are macroscopic. That the catalytic action > > increases as the particle size increases until it reaches a peak then > > decreases > > with additional particle size. > > > > I have read, but been unable to find lately that particles must be smaller > > than > > 15 nm to pass through the stomach wall. (If anyone knows the reference for > > this > > I would appreciate hearing from you). Thus we do have two effects for > > taking > > colloids internally, the effectiveness increases upon size to some point, > > and > > the absorption decreases with size, approaching 0 around 15 nm. The > > product of > > these two actions will necessarily increase from atomic size, reach a peak, > > then > > drop as the size approaches 15 nm. The exact shape of this curve, and the > > absolute peak are unknown, at least to me. However results tend to make me > > think that the peak in the range of 1 to 15 nm is fairly broad. > > > > This is an area which I feel needs additional exploration. Problem is that > > costs are prohibitive for other than large companies. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Marshall > > > > Stephen Quinto wrote: > > > > > Marshall, > > > what data do you rely on to support your claim of correlation between size > > > and effectiveness? > > > Stephen > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:34 AM > > > Subject: Re: CS Quality > > > > > > > Ideal particle size is believed to be between 1 and 15 nm. Apparently > > > > the > > > > the effectiveness decreases if you go below 1 nm, having minimum > > > > effectiveness around .1 nm, which would be one atom. Once you get above > > > 15 > > > > nm, there is reduced absortption through the stomach lining. > > > > > > > > There isn't any one answer as to how large the particles can be to stay > > > > in > > > > suspension. This not only depends on particle size, but also the charge > > > on > > > > the particle (zeta I believe it is called), temperature and so forth. > > > Also > > > > you have to contend with aggregation, so if the ppm is too high, the > > > > temperature too high, or the ph too low, small particles can aggregate > > > until > > > > they are too large to stay in suspension. > > > > > > > > Marshall > > > > > > > > Arnold Beland wrote: > > > > > > > > > What is the "ideal particle size"? How big does a particle have be > > > > > be > > > > > before it falls out of suspension? > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards to all, > > > > > > > > > > Arnold > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]> > > > >
