If silver particles have no charge what makes them move in an electrostatic field? My point is, you can't write a reaction with silver particles, charged or otherwise with Cl, at least not one of which I am aware. So you should be able to make a normal saline without reacting with the particles; whether the salt will affect the efficacy of the sol, I don't know. Practical experience seem to indicate that it still is potent. We are covering the definitions ground again, all of the definitions I have seen define ion as a charged particle; molecule or atom. They say nothing about the origin or mechanism of the charge. Both a particle with an electrical charge and an atom with valence charge are defined as "ions".
James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Saline Starter Solutions: Do They Deserve Another Look? In a message dated 6/12/01 12:55:19 PM EST, [email protected] writes: << ubj: RE: CS>Saline Starter Solutions: Do They Deserve Another Look? Date: 6/12/01 12:55:19 PM EST From: [email protected] (James Osbourne, Holmes) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] I don't know that to be true, but consider the following: Are the Ag ionic crystal bonds greater than the attraction of the chloride ion? I think it must be so. If not, then there is no particulate silver in the body once the Ag particles hit the HCL in the stomach. >> James: I think you are mixing apples and oranges. Silver IONS react with chloride IONS. Silver particles have no charge. In order to have a CHEMICAL (we're not taking about ADsorption) reaction there has to be a charge balance (among other things). So write the reaction(s) you are contemplating, and don't forget to balance the charges for reactants and products. 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]>
