In a message dated 11/27/00 11:00:18 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: CS>again Date: 11/27/00 11:00:18 AM EST From: [email protected] (Marshall Dudley) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] I can say for sure that CS will not react with NO3 at room temperature. I know this because to measure PPM of silver I have to digest it first. NO3 will react with silver metal, but not CS. I suspect that the difference is that a hunk of metal will have at least a few impurities, such as copper in it, so that galvanic action can contribute to the reaction but most of the CS particles are pure silver. To digest CS I have to mix with nitric acid and boil dry, then add additional nitric acid to the precipitate. It is a real pain. I DO wish it would react at room temperature, it would sure make my life easier. Marshall >>
Marshall: Pure silver should react with dilute nitric acid. Your observation that CS doesn't, may be due to each positively charged silver particle being surrounded by the negative end of highly polarized water molecules. Interesting. I wonder if very poorly made CS would behave in the same manner? Roger -- 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]>
