Using conductivity measurements only indicates that some type of ions are being formed. If the silver is not pure, the ions could be anything, but most likely copper. The final results will have to be tested for actual silver at some point to be sure what you have.
Marshall [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 4/2/01 11:58:44 AM EST, [email protected] writes: > > << Subj: Re: CS>Report on the Solubility of Pure Silver & Silver Alloys > in DW > Date: 4/2/01 11:58:44 AM EST > From: [email protected] (Frank Key) > Reply-to: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Roger wrote: > > > List: Some of you might recall that I proposed a mechanism that would > allow > > impure silver to dissolve in DW, and that Frank Key graciously volunteered > to > > analyze these samples for silver by AA if I ran the tests. Well, I'm > running > > the tests, and the first results are in. Here are the conductivity values > > after 90.5 hours since placing various silver alloys in a 1 oz. closed & > > sealed plastic container. > > > > %silver: [DW (control) = 2.5ms] 99.99 99.9 92.5 75 70 > > > 65 56 > > conductivity (in micro siemens/cm) 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 > 3.6 > > 4.8 3.2 > > > > The results seem to be coming in as predicted -- more or less. > > I hope you included a "blank" water sample. One that was drawn from the same > water supply as the water used in the test cases, but without any silver > immersed in it. This would serve as the baseline for measurements and would > be used to detect any pre-contamination of silver ions in the water supply. > > > frank key > >> > > Frank: If you look closely in the upper left part of the table, you will see > the conductivity of the DW control (reported as 2.5 ms @ the 90.5 hr. mark). > The DW used came from the same recently purchased 1 gallon bottle of "Kinney > Brand Distilled Water." I plan to keep running these measurements to see if a > solubility limit is reached (interpreted as a "flattening" of conductivity > values vs time) for any of the silver alloys. After that, I'll send the > samples along to you. BTW, I left very little "freeboard" between the water > surface and the interior of the closed cap in order to minimize the effect on > conductivity of trapped CO2. 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]>
