Annie Hall wrote: > Anyway, as an absolute newby can someone say what is > the difference, in simple English, between silver > nitrate and CS please?
Big difference. Silver Nitrate is a compound, and colloidal silver is the pure metal in very small custers. An undeveloped film contains silver compounds (such as silver nitrate or silver chloride), and the developed photograph contains very small silver particles, similar to a colloid. Thus if silver nitrate is exposed to light, and a developer such as caffine, it will develop into silver particles which will appear black. Not a good thing. Silver nitrate is also toxic, whereas silver metal and colloid is not. Some theories as to how silver kills bacteria relay on it's catalytic propterites. colloidal silver is a very good catalyst, but silver nitrate is a very poor catalyst. Marshall -- 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]>
