JBB You're confused...welcome to the club...reminds me of grade 12 chemistry circa 1958...I was not alone my teacher was also confused
----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Key <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: Re: CS>Silver Chloride effect etc. > JBB wrote: > > > > Thanks for the reply. I am a wee bit confused, though, as I had thought > > that one claimed advantage of the particulate silver was a reduced risk > > of argyria, which I thought you had claimed to be a concern after silver > > ions turn to silver chloride. Perhaps I misunderstood something. > > > > JBB > > It is true that nanometer silver particles will not cause argyria. > > Neither will low level concentrations of ionic silver produced by > electrolysis in pure water. The ionic silver will still form silver chloride > when ingested but not enough to pose a risk of argyria. > > If salts are added to the water to provide a companion anion, then higher > concentrations of ionic silver may be produced which could potentially > increase the risk of argyria. > > > frank key > > > > > > > > > > > Frank Key wrote: > > > > > > Jonathan wrote: > > > > > > > I think the important question appears here: if silver ions form > silver > > > > chloride in vivo, what is the effect of the silver chorlide? I have > > > > never seen any answer to this question, which I have posed to Mr. Key > in > > > > personal e-mail correspondence. > > > > > > > > Mr. Key was kind enough to offer me, a non-scientist, a good > experiment > > > > to see for myself that he is correct about chloride -- make a batch of > > > > ionic/CS and add ordinary table salt. Observe the clouds of silver > > > > chloride that form. > > > > > > > > My question in reply, also yet to be answered, is this: could not > > > > ordinary users make fine particulate CS simply by using a good LVDC > > > > generator, then adding a high quality salt, and separating the silver > > > > chloride from the particles? I still wonder whether this could be > > > > done. If so, low-cost particulate CS could be made at low cost by > > > > laypersons, just as not the ionic/CS mixture can be made. > > > > > > Adding salt to a solution consisting of silver ions and some silver > > > particles will > > > cause the silver ions to precipitate out as silver chloride. If left to > > > settle for a few days > > > the silver chloride will eventually settle to the bottom. The remaining > > > liquid could > > > be decanted off the top leaving the silver chloride behind. The liquid > would > > > no longer > > > contain silver ions, only silver particles along with sodium ions and > > > chloride ions in the > > > liquid. > > > > > > It is not clear what the benefit would be from doing this. The silver > ions > > > in home > > > brewed ionic silver solutions are low enough in concentration that they > do > > > not pose > > > an argyria risk. This would result in approximately the same, or > slightly > > > less, > > > concentration of silver particles than you started with. > > > > > > frank key > > > > > > > I remain agnostic on the whole matter given the absence of answers to > > > > these questions. I hope some full-time researchers can help clarify > > > > this. > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > >
