Not at hand Marshall, But if atomic ions are all that are produced at the anode, then any clusters must be composed of these. The fractal clusters as postulated in 'An introduction to Colloid Science' By Hunter, are a loose and fairly open arrangement from what I can gather, and not at all like dense metallic crystals. Whether electron sharing occurs I don't know, but I should think that the electron orbits are offset towards the centre of the cluster, in reaction to the negative polar part of water molecules which will be arranged around them. In this way, it is likely that the centre of the cluster is more positive than the outside.
Ivan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2000 04:47 Subject: Re: CS>development work > Ivan Anderson wrote: > > > Ken, if you have been following my discussions at all, you will realise > > that I believe that clusters do indeed have a charge equal to the number > > of atoms it is comprised of. Seeing that electrons cannot swim... > > > > I agree if the cluster has all atoms on the surface. But for clusters that > have atoms hidden internally, I am not convinced that those internal > contribute to the charge. Do you have any references that address this? I > don't. > > Marshall --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 16/11/2000 -- 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]>
