##Thanks, I can buy that. Just not sure that a particular color always means the same thing. Perhaps coal is black because of its particle size [molecular crystal size?] and diamonds are clear because that size is different? Or would that be differing crystal configurations and lattice structures? [shapes and fits?] Presuming identical chemical/elemental makeup. Uh, the difficulty part strikes a bell :-) Another question If I'm getting many hydrogen bubbles on one side and some, but very few oxygen bubbles on the other and that pole turns black, what's going on? The ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is nowhere near 2 to 1 as would be expected.
""Why why why, I feel like such a young un"" [Shut up kid, ya bother me!] WC Fields KD'C > >> > >Any metal will appear black if its particle size is small enough and probably >within a range of colors for a variety of particle size distributions. Using >color for identification purposes is fraught with difficulties UNLESS you >have confimed the type of substance by other means FIRST and through >experience with the identical process and materials you generate "mental >correlations". > >As far as oxidizing silver is concerned, someone who has the data can >calculate the standard free energy of reaction for, > >2Ag + H2O2 ----> Ag2O + H2O > >You will need the standard free energy of formation for H2O2, Ag2O, and H2O >to do the math. I don't have the data, but my guess is that the reaction >produces A LOT of negative free energy, i.e., it goes to to the right quite >easily. > >Roger Altman > > >-- >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
