Hi Ken, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]>
> With LVDC and current controls I find that water between 100 and 120 deg > F makes the smallest particle. My experiments were generally above 60 degC > Cool water does not hydrate the ions well and agglomeration to yellow is a > common result. Too hot a water over 120 deg F seems to make the ions very > active and later yellowing becomes more common. This has not been my experience. Room temp water (20 - 25 degC) always produces a clear product with barely visible Tyndal. Bringing water to the boil and letting it cool during the gen process produces colloid with slight colour and more pronounced Tyndal. > Increasing initial conductivity by warming the water or pre seeding...or > both...tends toward a lighter TE and fewer deposits. I found that pre-seeding did produce a clear colloid but I found that the Tyndal beam showed a large number of very large sparklies throughout. Perhaps I over did the seeding, but I did not persue this. > I have observed an effect I call "patterning" where a tendency at the > start of a batch will tend to feed back and spiral increasingly through out > the run unless it is interrupted fairly early by stirring and cleaning. I cannot see any of the silver in the solution during or after the process, but I give it a stir every 15 mins or so, after which the current drops. Not enough build up on the cathode to need cleaning. > Note the use of "tendency". Getting a consistant quantification has been a > study in frustration. Apparently, phase of the moon, the name of the song > playing on a strong radio station, gravitational shift, position of the > sun...who knows what?...all plays a part. I'll get 2 identical runs under > identical conditions and the third will be way off base even with Ole Bobs > mechanical stirring. [But nearly all will be very good within some range] > Ken I have had a few strange results, but mostly they run right on time...I have thought of using mechanical stirring but it doesn't seem necessary for the small gen, maybe on the next model. Ivan. -- 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]>
