Hi Trem, I'm curious why you say that electrolysis can't make CS as strong as 100 to 500ppm, unless perhaps you are speaking of the more conventional methodologies. I make CS that is ~170ppm, using a generator I acquired from Educate-Yourself.org, and though I have not had this tested I feel the ppm is the amount advertised. I'm told this generator will make CS upto about 1100ppm or more, simply requiring additional time.
The container used is a 2 liter Erlenmeyer flask, operated in a double boiler, which I monitor to see that the boiling point is never exceeded. It's necessary to keep the temperature somewhat under 212oF, between about 200 and 208, so there's a thermometer inserted in the rubber cork at the top. I'm also told that the rate of ionic silver reaction is doubled for every additional 10oF. Also I use polarity switching, doing this every one minute, in order to prevent current runaway. Three or four hours at temperature and the CS goes from yellow to orange to deep amber, always tranparent, but at the end so dark that what one sees is a kind of gray, reflected color. But in diluting you get back to a clear yellow. I have variously seen here that a number of CS enthusiasts insist the ions will agglomerate and precipitate if something like 50ppm is exceeded, but I am guessing that this is not what happens. I believe there is actually a current runaway, or perhaps precipitation due to an electromagnetic field. It seems that as ppm increases there is more and more likelihood of instability, for various reasons. The folks who made my generator advise the concentrated CS is best kept in a Farraday cage in order to prevent instability due to electromagnetic fields. Of course, the producers of the Mexican CS, Microdyn, solve the same problem by using the protein stabilizer. I hope this information is helpful. Reid Trem said: Hi List, There's a question that's been nagging me for several years and I hope someone can help me figure it out. When I see 100 to 500 PPM CS I always wonder what process was used to make it. Since I know that electrolysis can't make it that strong it seems to me it has been made through chemical means. If it is made chemically and protein binders such as gelatin are used to stabilize it, what is the process? Is the silver dissolved in an acid and then a precipitant added to form particles or is there some other method? And if it is done using an acid can anyone tell me the process? The stuff is always deep brown in color which makes me think it's no good because of agglomeration, but it might actually have that much silver in it. I know Ole Bob has tested some of it and as I recall he found most of them were not at the PPM touted but it seems he did find some that were in the hundreds of PPM. Bob, are you there? Can you shed any light for me? Can anyone? Trem -- 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]>
