Ivan Anderson wrote: > > Absolutely, I have referenced it here in the past several times. Teh > book > > "Colloidal Chemistry" is one good reference which even has graphs of > this. > > I have found two vollumes in the science library titled 'Colloid > Chemistry' neither of them refer to catalyst action that could be > related to the action of CS in vivo...who is the author of the tombe you > refer to? >
Unfortunately, I copied the appropriate sections of the book at the research library at UT, and did not get the frist pages that give the publisher, author and date, so all I have is the title of the book at the top of each page. I do recall though the book was very old, maybe 1931 or so. If I get a chance to get back to the library, I will get the additional information on the book. > Forstly oxygen gas is a neutral molecule and does not have a negative > charge, and secondly oxygen wants electrons and does not donate them. Yes, that is correct, it wants electrons, and if it gets them, it will have a negative charge, same as silver which wants to get rid of electrons, and when it does, it becomes positive. This can be done without reaction, CS does it. > > In the presence of H+ ions, oxygen will oxidise silver metal to silver > ions Ag+ and will even oxidise Ag+ to Ag++, so if you are looking for a > mechanism whereby the reaction can be ongoing this would do. The silver > ion oxidises the pathogen and O2 reoxidises the silver, but as bodily > fluids are basic this reaction is likely to be slow at best. > I don't believe silver is involved in the reaction directly, but only as a catalyst. > > > However when a group of silver atoms are in one particle with a charge > of > > more > > than one electron in magnitude, it will attract more than one > negatively > > charged > > particle to it. This is necessary for it to work effectively as a > > catalyst. The effect is > > that as more atoms and charge are on a particle, the catalytic > properties > > increase rapidly. Catalytic properties can be approximated by the > surface > > area > > of the particle once we have a group of particles for particles which > are > > small. However as the particle size increases further, the mass > increases > > by > > the 3rd power or the diameter, but the area only increases by the > second > > power. > > So we very quickly get into where the mass is growing much faster than > the > > surface area. Thus the effectiveness of the particle may still be > > increasing, > > but at a rate much lower than the mass is increasing, so the > effectiveness > > of > > the sol for a constant ppm is rapidly decreasing with particle size > beyond a > > > > certain point. > > > > Thus the most active particle size for a sol catalytically speaking is > > likely in > > the range of 7 to 35 atoms for a constant ppm. This corresponds to > about .2 > > to > > .3 nm in diameter since a silver atom is approximately .1 nm in > diameter." > > > > > > Marshall > > I would like to see the references to the above if possible. That silver atoms are not catalytic and that clumps of silver are not significantly catalytic, but that small particles are very catalytic I have read in many technical books. Colloidal Chemistry is one of them. Unfortunately I seem to be able to find the copies I made of that part several years ago, in fact I cannot find any of the copies I made from about 12 books on the subject. I will have to go back to the library and copy them again if I cannot find them. But I will keep looking. 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]>
