Yes, I believe that is correct. It becomes lye. Marshall
Ode Coyote wrote: > If sodium chloride is used [salt] and silver chloride is produced...what > happens to the sodium? My guess is sodium hydroxide [lye] > Ken > > At 09:48 PM 10/7/01 -0400, you wrote: > >How much salt is used? I think only a few grains, right? I would guess it > >is less than 5 ppm, so it would get reacted out fairly fast. > > > >Marshall > > > >Terry Chamberlin wrote: > > > >> Marshall wrote: > >> The problem is that in the process of making CS, the > >> silver leaves the wire as ions. Ions are very reactive > >> and will react immediately with many things. Once the > >> ions combine and form colloid then the silver becomes > >> very non-reactive. So if your water has 50 ppm of salt > >> in it, the first silver ions will combine with the > >> chlorine in the salt and produce silver chloride. Only > >> after all the elements that will combine with the > >> silver ions are consumed will sufficient quantity of > >> ions be present to actually start making colloid. Thus > >> depending on the water, you may have to make several > >> hundred ppm of ionic silver, which will combine and > >> likely precipitate out, before you ever make the first > >> clump of colloid. > >> > [snip] > > -- > 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]>
