Reid: The simple answer:
First, ionic silver is comprised of Ag- ( negative ions ). I think Frank Key and Dr. Maas ( silver-colloids.com ) have the most concise reasoning as to why positive ions can exist without reacting: "Why are the positive silver ions not attracted to the negative hydroxyl ions? The force of attraction or repulsion of electric charges is inversely proportional to the dielectric constant of the medium surrounding the charges. Water has a very high dielectric constant of about 80 at room temperature. This means that the two opposite electric charges in water attract each other with a force only 1/80 as strong as in air or a vacuum. Thermal agitation of the ions is great enough to cause the ions to dissociate. It is common that ions of opposite charge coexist in solution. For example, when salt is dissolved in water the resulting solution contains sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-) of opposite charge." In any isolated silver product, the particulate content, if any, should consist of the smallest possible particles. The ideal particles have a NEGATIVE charge ( Ag - ). The negative charge associated with silver aggregates is actually a surface charge. The smallest possible particles with the widest possible surface area theoretically maximizes the activity of the silver colloid ( the particulate portion ). Ions in solution actually have an anion... The electrons are not "free". The anion is usually, from my understanding, OH, as long as we're dealing with quality distilled water and low voltage. It is the electrical activity ( I know a poor choice of words, but still descriptive ) of the ions that causes the "thermal agitation", and thus prevents the silver ions from agglomerating. The ions are also ideally isolated by utilizing only two elements: Hydrogen and Oxygen; ( OH - ), H3O, O2, O and/or H are involved in various reactions through the electrolysis method of production.... We're still talking about the base elements comprising water. Best Regards, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reid Harvey" <[email protected]> To: "silver list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: CS>EIS > Friends, > Can someone answer? How is it that colloidal silver is electrically > isolated? Are there free electrons, negative charges that somehow help > keep the Ag+ ions suspended? > Reid > > > > -- > 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]> >
