Frank writes: > M. G. Devour wrote: > > Even drying the > > colloid probably dumps the silver back to the ground state. > > The "particle charge" on silver particles is due to the zeta potential > and it does not survive removal of the water. There is no ionic charge > on the particles. > > Ionic charge does not survive removal of water, since ions cannot > exist without the water, so the ions form a silver compound.
That's pretty much what I thought, thanks to your past remarks. Now the question remains whether heating the brick will break down the silver oxide at some temperature, and/or create even more upon cooling... Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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]>
