Hi Wayne, the total surface area of a colloid increases as the particle size decreases, given the same weight of silver. That is, as the particles become smaller there are many more of them presenting their (albeit smaller) surface area to the solution. The reactivity of a colloid increases as the particle becomes smaller.
What has not been mentioned :) is that most commercially available Colloidal Silver, and those brewed at home, have a large component (80+%) of silver ions which are atomic in size and cannot be any smaller, and have a very high reactivity because of this, and the fact that they have lost an electron (thus are positively charged) which they would quite like to replace (hopefully at the expense of some pathogen or other). These colloidal silvers should contrasted with the (only?) available Silver Colloid which is composed of very small uncharged metallic silver particles (as opposed to ions). This is a true colloid in the classic scientific sense (whereas the others are more correctly called silver solutions), but the particle size, whilst extremely small, is necessarily larger than the ionic content of the 'colloidal silvers'. Both seem to work just fine. Ivan. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Fugitt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 17 September 2001 10:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Mesosilver > > > Evening Frank, > > >Scientists in many disciplines are aware of the fact that chemical > >reactive is a function of surface area. In a colloid, that means > "particle > >surface area". > > > >Knowing that fact, the scientists at CSL spent years on research > to create > >a process that produces colloids which a have high "particle > surface area". > > Many people appear confused on this, as was show last week. > > Is there a possibility they are confusing "individual particle surface > area" with "total particle surface area"? > > Many of us are not very knowledgeable relative to chemistry. > This mean we > have to visualize in our minds, without having any facts to help with the > visualizations. > > Maybe I am confused also. I think you or someone explained > this so that > most of us could understand it. > > As with most new fields, I don't feel anyone should get carried > away with > minute details until we know enough to half way understand the > major details. > > Wayne > > > > > -- 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]>
