Steve, As I understand the passage of current in aqueous systems.
The passage of current is wholly dependent upon the movement of ions. As ions have size and weight, they also have inertia and drag and therefore will lag the application of potential and change in polarity. Indeed, with the change in polarity the ions must slow down and reverse their direction, therefore there will be a moment when no current flows at all, then a build up in current as the ions reach their terminal velocity. As this occurs for each change in polarity, the amount of current that flows per unit time is necessarily less for switching circuits than for non-switching circuits. I dare say it is not the resistance that changes in your solution (after all, the number of ions is the same) but rather the current, and this is the reason you notice a changing voltage. Regards Ivan. > -----Original Message----- > From: S & J Young [mailto:you...@konnections.net] > Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 2:16 p.m. > To: *Silver-List* (E-mail) > Subject: Re: CS>Polarity Switch Experiment > > > Ivan, > > Remember my generator produces a constant current, so the > current can't dip > at reversal. Instead, the voltage goes up to maintain the > constant current. > In other words, the solution's apparent conductivity goes > down (resistance > goes up) for a few seconds at reversal. Or, the coatings on > the electrodes > behave like semiconductors (partial diodes) for a while until they are > restructured. I don't have a clue what is happening at the > atomic level. > Perhaps the ions just get confused at reversal, wander around > haplessly for > a while wondering why they are suddenly going the wrong way > on a one-way > street , they get reoriented again?? > > --Steve -- 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: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
