^^^ Final result of the h202 experiment after sitting overnight...no more oxygen bubbles [catalytic reaction], the silver is still intact and turned quite black with silver oxides [chemical reaction].^^^ KD'C
At 03:49 PM 4/8/00 -0400, you wrote: >What you are seeing is the catalytic action of silver causing H2O2 breakdown! >On a silver bar the reaction is very slow as the surface area/mass is small >while the silver atoms/crystals in the pitted surface have large surface >areas and thus react quickly! This is the basis of my prior posts of QC >test #1, >to test Cs for the presence of metallic silver. I.E. ionic Cs will not form >a single >bubble in 24 hours while poor product will in minutes. > >Your "oxide" load is reduced silver (to metallic atoms/crystals) and the >loading >is less when you get bubbles on the "prod", as they are being dispersed into >solution as free metallic particles! Test that Cs with H2O2 and you will >see the >above effect. > >[email protected] > >At 10:57 AM 4/8/2000, you wrote: >> ### Interestingly, it seems that the hydrogen peroxide does not react >>with clean silver but only attacks the oxides wedged in the pits of an old >>used electrode. Why? I have no clue. I will now take a piece of new silver >>and place it in h2o2 for several days and see what happens. >> >> Another oddity: [current controlled to .8ma, starting voltage at 24.5v >>winding down to 6v in approx 2 hrs] The oxides seem to form more vigerously >>at the beginning of the process and in cool water. If the prods and >>container are cleaned about half way through, the oxide load seems greatly >>reduced. >> If fresh ozonated water is used with cool water, oxide load is great. >>If the water is warmed to about 100 deg F, bubbles form [dissolved ozygen?] >>and dissipate [bubbles off] and the subsequent process shows a greatly >>reduced oxide load. But, running with warm water increases hydrogen bubbles >>sticking to the other prod [Perhaps something to do with increased vapor >>pressure forming bigger more stable bubbles and surface tension of the >>water.] and silver gets trapped on or under the surface of the hydrogen >>bubbles making a gray fur that clings to one prod. When the prods are >>removed, the bubbles break at the surface and some of this silver transfers >>from the surface tension of the hydrogen bubbles to the surface tension of >>the water and makes what I call a " gray floater". >> >> Back to h2o2 and new silver... so far, no reaction whatsoever. >> >> BTW, running the generator on straight h202 made a sour nasty tasting >>somewhat milky liquid that foamed in the mouth. >> Momentarily, a rabid looking coyote with a sour expression. I guess >>even with all that violent bubbling at the electrodes going on, the o2 >>content of the h202 was pretty much unchanged. >> >> >> Getting small bubbles coming off the new silver now [20 minutes or so]and >>some signs of gray/black tarnish and initial signs of slight pitting. >> Looks like h2o2 reacts somewhat violently with silver resulting in oxides >>being blasted out of the pits? The rougher [more pitted]the silver, the >>more surface area available, the more violent the reaction? >> KD'C > > >-- >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]> > > > Make your own pure clear Colloidal Silver with a current controlled, "auto off" generator, for pennies a gallon. http://www.silverpuppy.com
