Ivan Anderson wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] > > > If a silver atom loses an electron something else has to gain it. > > From what I > > can gather it is an OH radical under these circumstances. > > > > Marshall > > No, the power supply gains the electron removed from the silver atom. In > doing so the power supply supplies an electron at the other electrode which > is used to create hydrogen gas.
It is impossible for a power supply to gain or lose any electrons. Most are completely isolated from ground, and if they did then the entire liquid would become more positive, which it does not. Initially an electron is removed from the silver atom on the anode side, and an electron is added to an OH radical on the cathode side, which releases an atom of H which combines with another H atom and creates hydrogen gas. Thus for each Ag+ we have a corresponding OH- generated. The liquid remains neutral as a whole. > > The fact that free silver ions are found in solutions undergoing such a > process is indisputable. No one ever said they were not free. Just that they were associated with OH radicals. Just like sodium is free when you dissolve lye in water. The Na and OH disassociate, but are still there, and are still considered a compound. What is the difference between Na+ and OH- in water and Ag+ and OH- in water as far as definitions are concerned? And to test the theory, if you add any acid to ionic silver, you would expect the OH- to combine with the acid, and the Ag to aggregated and precipitate out, which I have found to be true any time I have done it. Marshall -- 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]>
