Ode Coyote wrote: > Sure, some wave lengths get absorbed and the rest reflects, gets in my eye > and that's what I see, unless it emits it's own light...right? > But OK, Would a larger crystal be configured in such a way so as to absorb > different wavelengths and would there be a difference in that structure > from that of a smaller crystal?
Absolutely, this is documented in many Peer reviewed journals and books. Both structure as well as size effect the absorption spectrum. Most articles I have read assume a spherical shape, since the math becomes untentable with odd shapes. For instance lets say that a .4 nm spherical particles absorbs a wavelength of X and a .8 absorbs a wavelenth of 1.2 X (these are made up not actual). What would a rod shaped particle .4 by .8 absorb? I have not seen this explored, except to say that shape will effect the absorption wavelength. But from the math I have seen it appears that it would tend to absorb X and 1.2X depending on the polarization of the photon with respect to the axis of the rod, and off axis coming in somewhere in between. > > Given that we have hydrogen, oxygen and silver involved, could the crystal > structures include the hydrogen or oxygen in varying amounts as the silver > ions agglomerate thus making for differing crystal structures [ surface > shapes?] that would absorb different wavelengths and be related to size as > well. > Everything I have read on it the silver is in colloidal form, that is, in water. It is part of the experimental setup. The water may have had some consideration in the theoretical part, I really can't recall, it has been about 2 years since I researched it, but for the end result the experimental results tend to approximate the theoretical results, and the experimental results do include the components of the water. I do recall that specific chemical processes were used to make the colloid so that narrow range spherical particles could be produced, and that electron microscope was used for verification. 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]>
