people in the trade use the following terms, as does sota. another term is "coin silver" eating utensils, known as coin silver tableware, which is highly collectable. made from melted down old silver coins. usually sterling grade (92%)
The silver wires are at least "three nines" pure silver (.999), or better yet "four nines" (.9999) purity. The Silver Wires that come with both SOTA's Silver Pulser and Silver Maker are "four nines" pure silver (.9999). NOTE: .999 = 99.9%, .9999 = 99.99%, and .99999 = 99.999%. Do not be fooled by manufacturers giving out misleading or false purity claims. Ask for a copy of the Assay Report for their silver wires to verify their claims. This is a lab analysis of the silver wire's constituents and shows the level of purity. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Cummins To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:01 PM Subject: RE: CS>.999 VS .9999 Based upon the reality that store bought distilled water is loaded with surprising amounts of impurities I don't see any problem with using 99.99% or 99.999% silver. Besides, how does one know for sure how pure anything is unless one is willing to spend a lot of money in laboratories. Furthermore and based upon a lot of personal lab time, it's my opinion that assays are like opinions. Joseph
