Ions only come in one size.
Ions are all too small for visible light to make visable.
The difference in cloud color has to do with the rate of agglomeration of ions into particles and small particle into larger particles which is tied to ion emmission rates and particle hydration rates.
Since stirring increases the hydration rate, the ion emmission rate can be increased with more current per electrode area and still get a white cloud.
Too much heat [over 120 deg F] and the particle energy overcomes the hydration effect and a golden color results.
If you see anything at all, you see metallic particles, hopefully in the lower end of the colloidal size range. A particle with No color is smaller than one that is yellow. Both may have their uses in a shotgun approach sort of way but a smaller particle is more likely to penetrate tissues better. Neither are harmful.
Yellow CS may contain a significant portion of colorless particles. Compare TE density to depth of color and PPM.
A heavy TE with pale yellow color is mostly small particle CS. A heavy TE with a deep yellow to brown color is mostly larger particle CS. A light TE is mostly ionic. [All given the same total silver content]
"ion cloud" is not an accurate description of what you see, [because ions can't be seen] it's just what most people [mistakenly] call it, used for convenience in communication.
From observation [maybe not entirely accurate observation and conclusions thereof]:
White clouds make clear [colorless with a TE] CS which can sometimes turn yellow later.
Golden clouds make yellow CS now.
If yellow CS is what you want, producing golden whisps is a sure fire way to make it.
On the extreme, using way too much current, those golden whisps can later agglomerate into black particle CS. [oxides, I presume]
Ken
At 12:17 PM 8/16/02 EDT, you wrote:
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In a message dated 8/16/2002 11:31:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:<<<<
I also suggest that if you do see golden whisps, rather than white
Others say that yellow means the ion size is just right to find disease.
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