If no visible light is absorbed, it's reflected as white light. The stronger and more direct the light source, the more the reflected light and the milkier the CS will appear, yet be colorless and not milky under indirect light. Another thing, Colorless CS will also reflect colored light in the room near the container like a billion little mirrors, so determining color can be a bit tricky. Ken
At 08:37 AM 3/27/01 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 3/27/01 0:38:19 AM EST, [email protected] writes: > ><< The milky appearance also occurs when the concentration of particles is >high and the particle size is very small. > > > frank key > >> > >Frank: How do you explain the milky appearance for very small particles, or >very large ones, for that matter, if, as Marshall says, light from the >visible part of the spectrum of not adsorbed in either case? 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]> > >
