I am new at making cs and need some information please. I found the following test on the internet and conducted it. on the first test with the hydrogen peroxide I had no bubbles which was what I think was good for me. The second part has confused me though. I added the grains of salt to the baggy of silver colloid. it did turn cloudy immediately. In one baggy that I prepared I found small black flakes of something after a few hours. the other baggy had the beginnings of something small and clear. what has me confused is the last sentence. It states that their (clear crystals of silver chloride) would indicate there were no free ions of silver. Does this mean that I should have the crystals and this proves that I have made a good batch of colloidal silver? Do I want free ions of silver? Please help me. My batch was made with no salts or starter.
thank you for your help Connie SIMPLE HOME TESTS YOU CAN DO: If you wish to make one of the most important tests of Cs, you can easily do it at home! The best product contains no metallic silver and a very simple test for metallic silver is to add some hydrogen peroxide to the Cs. For a valid test, pour a few spoons of your Cs into a new clean plastic bag and add about half a spoon of H2O2 to it. Twist the bag, to expell most of the air and use a paper clip to hold the twisted area. Lay it where it will not be disturbed and look for bubbles after a few hours! If any, you have very poor product! If metal free, there will be none even after 24 hours! Metallic silver is a catalyst for breaking down H2O2 into water and oxygen gas, while silver ions have no effect! The absence of bubbles necessitates another test, to check for silver ions, as you could have only silver salts, which are almost useless! To test for ions, you can add a few grains of table salt to the baggy of silver colloid. If you had ions the Cs will turn slightly cloudy in a few minutes. As a comparison, add some of your colloidal silver to another baggy as it may be hard to see the slightly cloudy effect without a comparison sample. In a few hours (or a day) you will see clear crystals of silver chloride on the bottom, while their absence would indicate there were no free ions of silver! -- 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]>
