Ivan: You said in part: "When I deliberately made a colloid that had a lot of sludge inclusion and was a deep gold colour, the introduction of H2O2 caused an immediate reaction in the form of many extremely small bubbles (made the sample look cloudy) and the colloid became clear. The ionic content was significantly higher after this reaction than before, as measured by Ion Selective Electrode. There was no such reaction with a light golden colloid which I know to be composed of a high proportion of ionic clusters (ISE ionic reading = AA total silver reading) and the concentration remained the essetially the same (slight increase)"
If you found "no such reaction with a light golden colloid which I know to be composed of a high proportion of ionic clusters ...", is it reasonable to conclude that the permanently clear HVAC CS has smaller particles then that of the "light golden colloid" (consensus view: clear sols have smaller particles on average than colored sols), BUT if bubbles of escaping oxygen are generated (from Fred's H2O2 test) then at least SOME of these particles are NOT ionic (using your definition of 'ionic')? Thanks for all your effort in trying to clear up our understanding of colloids (question: can colloids ever be really clear?) Roger -- 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]>
