russ e rosser wrote: > > The difference between how a single atom ion of silver acts vs a > > multiatom > > ion of silver is dramatic. > > (If David Hudson--and my comprehension of his thesis--is correct, then > throughout history, very few have ever, actually witnessed monatomic > silver. Isn't silver in the same "platinide" periodic group as gold, > wherein single-atom ions become nuclearly unstable? --Russ)
I believe so. They tend to want to plate out with other atoms or clumps of silver as in the photographic developing process. In fact THAT is how argyria forms, and that is why I believe that compounds of silver, which have silver atom ions, will cause it, but CS, will not unless in the presence of silver atom ions. If we observe how a photo develops we may get some insight. Initially exposure to photons causes some of the silver ions to become silver atoms with no ionic charge. Then with a basic ph and developer, the other silver atom ions tend to aggregate onto the silver particle making it grow. I don't believe the particles themselves, which would be like CS, ever combine to produce larger particles, but each simply grows as long as silver atomic ions are present and conditions are right. Marshall -- 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]>
