Hello gaia, Monday, May 21, 2001, 6:12:11 PM, you wrote:
gr> ST: What a stupid suggestion this is. There would rarely be hydrochloric gr> acid in the mouth, salt maybe, but not likely under the conditions Ole Bob gr> suggested. There would however be quite a bit of ammonia, as per my recent gr> post, so most likely chloride concentrations would be non-problematical. gr> Silly science indeed. gr> Regards gr> Stuart I don't follow you here, Stuart. I think it is a valid experiment. As soon as one swallows the saliva/cs mixture, it IS going to be exposed to HCl. I, for one, am interested in trying this myself. You state "Might I remind you that in proposing my ammonia hypothesis, I pointed out that common fasting values of salivary ammonia are 10mg/100ml (100mg/L = 100ppm) (Ref. Documenta Geigy Scientific Tables). This is more than enough to liberate and render any silver ions soluble from complexion with chloride, even in the case of colloidal silver made with salt, as has been (needlessly) frowned upon by many on the list (provided it is freshly made).". If this is the case, then I certainly shouldn't see any evidence of silver chloride being formed, correct? I will not eat for roughly 17 hours or so. I will use the same cs from the same container. In one beaker I will place pure cs, and label it "A". In another, I will place roughly the same amount, but I will first place it in my mouth and swish it around for 3 minutes. Immediately after spitting it into beaker "B", I will add a few drops of saturated saline solution to both beakers. I will then observe for the formation of silver chloride. While I certainly don't want to get into a pissing contest, I would appreciate any comments, or constructive criticism, on the above proposed experiment. -- Best regards, Solar mailto:[email protected] -- 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]>
