In a message dated 5/23/01 7:49:05 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << That is not a conclusion that can be validly drawn. The most that you can say is that under the conditions of your experiment, and using the equipment at your disposal, you could find no evidence of silver dissolution. To assume that contact with silver metal keeps water fresh, follows from not finding silver ions is not tested at all. I notice that the silver institute describes the placement of a silver coin on a plate of nutrient agar results in a zone of inhibition extending beyond the boundary of the coin. Maybe the organic content that might be expected in stream and well water (and milk) has the ability to strip ions from silver. >>
Ivan: In a generic sense I agree with you, but the implication of your statements above would lead most to draw a far too narrow conclusion. So let me rephrase my conclusions, to see if you and I can agree without being too knit picky (Let's pretend we're all engineers) How this: "There is no mechanism to dissolve silver or silver alloys in DW when the alloying components are less noble than silver." The study I completed does not permit me to draw any conclusions beyond that statement. How that? Kosher enough? 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]>
