This might shed some light on the subject.  At appears that silver ascorbate
very readily grows crystals.

http://www.educ.cc.keio.ac.jp/~ub06272/ICCGposter.ppt

Marshall

Kevin Nolan wrote:

> Marlene - your interesting experiment seems to provide evidence that silver
> ascorbate is fairly insoluble, similar to silver chloride. I assume your
> colloidal silver formula is homemade stuff electrolysed with LVDC?
>
> regards, Kevin Nolan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marlene Hanson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:39 AM
> Subject: CS>CS>What have I made?
>
> > Any one please.
> > I used ascorbic acid just a little in my normal Colloidal Silver formula.
> > The distilled water turned milky in just 10 minutes, with a hint of
> yellow.
> > I tested it with the lazer and it showed up very high beam across the
> > bottle. Should I use it? What can I call it? It appears to be colloidal
> but
> > would like sound opinion.
> > Thanks Marlene
> >
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