Silver ions lose an electron and are positively charged. If ions combine into particles, the surround themselves with OH- radicals, which give the particle an overall negative charge appearance.
Marshall Reid Harvey wrote: > 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]>

