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]>
