Marshal said... > Even if the particles that leave the wire are all the same size, they quickly > aggregate into larger particles if left in areas of high concentration. That is > why stirring can reduce particle size so well. > > HVAC basically does the stirring for you, the high voltage causes the particles > to quickly move away from the wire to lower concentration areas, and the power > causes movement due to convection currents. Also the alternating current causes > the hydrogen and oxygen that is produced to alternate between the electrodes so > that neither electrode becomes reducing or oxidating, they simple react with > each other making water, eliminating the oxides and blackening of the > electrodes.
And I say... Hrmmmm, so basically, AC stirs the solution? That's pretty cool, but in AC powered operation isn't it true that some undesirable things may happen? Not to pick on you, so please don't take this the wrong way (as I consider you to be a valuable asset to the list, and the colloidal silver community in general (some of your research is outstanding! IMHO)), however, I've never gotten a really good rebuttal for the following... I quote an old lister who says it best... "In an AC powered operation as some others are promoting, where the polarity is constantly switched, other undesirable things may happen; it is known that in all electro-colloidal silver generating processes, some charge stripping of silver ions does occur as they come in contact with the cathode, resulting in their gaining electrons, and the resulting reduction to atomic silver particles (without the charge that is said to produce the pathogen disabling effect.) In a DC system, these reduced metallic particles remain as a grayish 'sludge' buildup on the surface of the cathode, and eventually are very visible at higher current levels. In a system where the polarity is switched constantly (as in AC), this sludge is propelled and dispersed back into the water continuously, as evidenced by the 'clean electrodes' spoken of." He then goes on to say... "Mechanical effects of redispersal of plated out silver "sludge" from the cathode will occur at higher concentrations and especially at higher currents, especially if AC is used, resulting in much coarser, uncharged metallic silver particles than may be desired floating about in your product. Filtering with good lab quality filter media may be able to remove some of this "non-ionic" silver; settling of most of the really larger particle "clumps" might also occur within 72 hours, I'd estimate, if the particles are not too fine. I guess the question is this; are the positively charged colloidal silver ions, (as produced in a DC process), what you want in your product, or do you want non-charged 'non-ionic' metallic silver particles, as produced in the AC processes? From what I have researched and what I understand at this time, I'd stay with Dr. Becker's recommendations myself, and try to produce the positively charged Colloidal Silver Ions with a DC process." The old lister that I'm quoting above is none other than Bruce Stenulson and for those that are interested, he's got a wonderful site up with tons of colloidal silver info. His main CS pages are... http://web.idirect.com/~showcase/althealth/makecs.htm The above is a great technical page http://web.idirect.com/~showcase/althealth/cspulse.htm The above tells one how to make a CS Generator / Zapper in great detail http://web.idirect.com/~showcase/althealth/csdisc.htm The above is some choice discussions from the silver list from a few years ago, but still applicable Yours in health, James Allison --------------------------------------------- Allisons Apothecary - Your On-Line Apothecary Visit Us Soon - http://allisonsapothecary.com Home of the $39.95 Colloidal Silver Generator And Wonderful Prices On Quality Products Like MSM, Ionic Mineral Waters and Apricot Kernels --------------------------------------------- -- 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]>
