Perhaps the lactic acid in milk dissolves silver as well Ken
At 05:02 PM 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote: >Mike wrote: > >> > Indeed, dissolving does cause ions to be added to the solution. The >> > problem lies in the fact that silver is not water soluble. >> >> Does this invalidate the oft-quoted description of pioneers putting >> silver and copper coins in the water barrel to keep the water from >> going bad, or in the milk pitcher to keep it from going sour? > >I don't see why it would. > >Bacteria coming in contact with metallic silver is the mechanism that I >believe is at work here. > >If the premiss is based on the notion that silver dissolves in water, then I think you are on very shaky scientific ground. > > >frank key > > > > >-- >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]> > >
