Radio Shack sells a *small* DC motor for 2 bucks. It's rated for 1.5-5 VDC, so you can run it off a single battery & suspend it over the top of the glass of disilled water. For a stirrer, I want something I can attach to the tiny shaft w/ crazy glue. Plastic may not stick; I have some oak... --Russ
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 21:07:21 -0600 "Robert L. Berger" <[email protected]> writes: > Susan, > > You are making CS but you are running the process too long. The > black that > you see is normal for a system that is not under constant agitation. > > This is typical of what happens when people do not understand the > process. > To know what is going on you really should have a current meter in > one of > the cell leads and stop the process when the current reaches about 4 > to 5 > milliampers. > > This black stuff is silver and the correct name for it is "treeing". > It > happens in most electroplating systems and that is what making CS > is. > > Do have a larer pointer to check for the tyndall effect? If not get > one. > > I know some people say it is very simple but they have been doing > it for > years. So to cut the learning time get digital multimeter and learn > how to > measure current with it. Then you can control the process. > > "Ole Bob: > > > > -- > 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]> >
