Re: CS>*How* does CS sterilize?

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 19:26:14 -0700

Couldn't part of the effect be "wholly water". The water structure-change?... by itself, the Silver part of the colloid ought to run out of steam. Electrical OK. Chemical. OK; but why does the "catalyst " idea keep on surfacing? Is it a speculation? To what extent has that been checked?. Del At 10:12 AM 16/10/00 -0400, you wrote: 
Electro because it is postively charged and attracts negatively charged
pathogens to it, increasing it effectiveness.  Chemical because it is a
catalyst which causes oxidation of the pathogen.  However, I do believe this
is only part of the story.  There do seem to be other mechanisms involved,
especially since aerobic gram positive bacteria which do not have a negative
charge and are not killed by oxygen also are killed.

Marshall

russ e rosser wrote:

> Hello--
>
> I've heard that CS' biocidal effect may be *electro*-chemical in nature;
> can anyone elucidate?
>
> --Russ
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