CS Enthusiasts, Several days ago, when brewing a 4 liter batch of 110volt CS, I decided to await some Tyndall Effect or yellow color as an indication of completion, before turning the system off. I did not use a starter because I already knew the water was a bit too high in coductivity, so I felt I had no right to expect fine particle CS. But for some reason the electrodes were not spaced properly, each one perhaps 1/4 inch from the glass, at the base of the bottle, so they were not perfectly vertical. The generator ended up producing big amounts of silver oxide, and I want to know if it's possible it could be producing little or no ionic silver in this case.
Brewing time is supposed to be one hour, but at the end of this time there was neither T.E. nor any yellow, so I let it go longer. At 1 hour and 45 minutes when I noticed there was a big amount of the oxide, and neither T.E. nor yellow, I dismantled the container and positioned the electrodes correctly. I then turned the system on and for the ensuing hour there was little or no oxide formation. When I did have strong T.E. I shut it off, convinced I had CS. Clearly we need to do ppm testing, but as there are too many things to do already this will have to wait a bit longer. My question is: is it possible to make a lot of silver oxide and be somehow deceived into thinking one has Ag+? Thanks, Reid -- 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]>
