Hi Stephen, et at,

Steven wrote:

"Have looked at HVAC colloid and, yes, it does have alot of particulate 
silver that is dispersed.  But it also has significant agglomeration and 
some of the agglomerates are crystalline in form.  Aswell, the distortion 
in form reflects the brutality of using such high votage.  The particles 
are distended and obtuse, rather like the delirium that accompanies fever, 
and quite large."

1.  What method(s) did you use to examine the sol?  Do you have any images 
that you can share with us?  What was the source of the HVAC sol?

2.  Can you quantify "...it does have alot of particulate silver that is 
dispersed."  a bit more? Like maybe particle sizes and overall mg/L of 
silver?

3.  And can you do the same for, "But it also has significant agglomeration 
and some of the agglomerates are crystalline in form."

If not dissolved or vaporized, I was under the impression that all silver 
is in crystalline form.  Do you know of other phase(s) existing in a liquid 
which are not?

4.  With what "undistorted form" of silver are you comparing the HVAC 
particles?  Does this mean that the center faced cubic crystal of the 
silver brutalized by the HV is now forming different angles?

5.  Can you share your data on the studies of HVAC v LVDC in various 
diseases?

Thanks for your comments.

James Osbourne Holmes
[email protected]


-----Original Message-----
From:   Stephen Quinto [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:   Friday, April 07, 2000 10:58 PM
To:     [email protected]
Subject:        Re: CS>Colour and silver oxide (long) was CS Makers.

Marshall,

Have looked at HVAC colloid and, yes, it does have alot of particulate
silver that is dispersed.  But it also has significant agglomeration and
some of the agglomerates are crystalline in form.  Aswell, the distortion 
in
form reflects the brutality of using such high votage.  The particles are
distended and obtuse, rather like the delirium that accompanies fever, and
quite large.

I have become a believer in the symphony of nature, and force (voltage in
this case) must be applied with discretion and gentleness (to the extent
that it is possible) if you want a result that is optimally beneficial.

The HVAC product we looked at was ordered over the net and was as expected,
clear with a significant TE, so the agglomerates were clearly available in
the laser.

>From an efficacy point of view, to date the LVDC product does better
therapeutically that HVAC.  But more on that when we have new data to apply
to the argument.

Stephen
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: CS>Colour and silver oxide (long) was CS Makers.


>Stephen Quinto wrote:
>
>> I think it was Marshall who pointed out that AC reverses polarity at the
>> rate of 60 cycles per second, at least here in the States.  And that
>> consequently there is no anode and cathode since each electrode
alternates
>> in that role.
>> The implication being that the colloidal particles that might otherwise
(in
>> a DC process for example) possess the charge that gives them the
catalytic
>> quality of a true colloid as opposed to the flatter or neutral qualities
of
>> elemental silver may be lacking.
>> Stephen
>
>I do not believe this analysis is correct.
>
>I believe the situation must be analysed as a dynamic situation, as 
opposed
to
>a static, or near static situation as can the LVDC method.
>
>Two things happen differently with HVAC.  First, since the polarity is
>continually alternating, both oxygen and hydrogen are generated at each
>electrode.  Since both of these elements are much more active chemically
than
>silver, they react with each other, instead of reacting with the silver.
This
>is why HVAC can produce clear CS with no tarnishing of the electrodes and
no
>production of sludge or other compounds of silver.
>
>The second important thing that happens is that we put a strong electric
charge
>on the silver ion as it leaves the anode.  The strong field of several
thousand
>volts per inch causes the ion to quickly leave the area next to the
electrode
>where the silver ion density is so high as to cause rapid aggregation into
>unduly large particles.  However some aggregation does take place.
>
>So we end up with positively charged particles that leave the anode as 
ions
but
>quickly become particles of some number of atoms each.  This is true also
of
>the LVDC method, although the rate at which the ions move away from the
anode
>is about 1,000 times faster for the HVAC method due to the higher voltage.
In
>the HVAC method at some point the polarity switches and the particles are
>attracted back toward the electrode.  However there are 3 effects that
prevent
>the vast majority of particles from reaching the electrode, which now is
the
>cathode.
>
>1.  Particle size.  Ions can travel faster than the larger colloidal
>particles.  Since they left the electrode as ions, then aggregated 
somewhat
a
>distance from the electrode, the rate at which they moved away from the
>electrode is faster than the rate at which they return.
>
>2. Charge.  Each particle has a positive charge on it.  Thus each particle
>reacts to a sum of the electric field provided by the voltage on the
electrodes
>PLUS an additional force of dispersion from an area of higher 
concentration
to
>that of a lower concentration.  This also results in a higher velocity of
the
>particles away from the electrode, than toward it.
>
>3.  Convection.  HVAC put significant amounts of energy in the water near
the
>electrodes.  This results in heating of this area, and strong convection
>currents which carry the particles away from the electrode toward cooler
areas.
>
>The result is that a colloid can be produced that has no sludge, and has
highly
>charged particles.
>
>Bless you,
>
>Marshall
>
>
>
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