Hi Del; Boiling does not materially reduce the nitrogen dissolved in water.
When I first started to develop the HVAC arc process it was not uncommon to get 20 ppm of silver and anywhere from 60 to 80 ppm of NO3. I have adapted my spectrophotometer to be able to read NO3 to 0.1 PPM. If one is using the HVAC submerged electrode (cone) process then there is no real NO3 problem. My problem with the submerged or cone process were the facts that I could not get higher than about 9 PPM. Also I experienced color change, and finally after storing the CS for about 4 months the silver started to drop out of suspension. One interesting phenomon with the CO2 arc process is the formation of carbonic acid ( like soda pop). If there was insufficeint flow of CO2 gas the carbonic adic was formed and the conductance would be in the 700 to 900 uS range which gives a ph of 3-4. With adequate CO2 then the conductance was in the 50 to 90 uS range, and the ph is in the 6 range. "Ole Bob" -- 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]>
