Regarding: "On the other hand, you would be hard pressed to find a single atom of silver, since it would be attracted to other such single atoms by van der Waals' force and thus form into a particle.
Then why does a silver nitrate solution not form into a sol? If the single atom of silver is missing an electron, it will be repelling another like ion. Or do the VDW forces overcome the like-charge repulsion? JOH -----Original Message----- From: Frank Key [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 10:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Solubility of silver in water. James wrote: > The single atom of silver floating in water is dissolved. A cluster is not. > Silver nitrate in water contains dissolved silver. Bits of silver, charged > or not, supported by Brownian movement is not "dissolved". A single atom of silver (that has all of its electrons) is not dissolved. Only ions are dissolved silver. On the otherhand, you would be hard pressed to find a single atom of silver, since it would be attracted to other such single atoms by van der Waals' force and thus form into a particle. 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]>
