Frank Key wrote: > Bob wrote: > > > > > When one has a solution that contains positive ions they try desperately > to > > avoid each other, mutual repulsion. On occasion several individual ions > will > > agglomerate into a larger one and the PPM as measured by a > spectrophotometer > > will show a reduction, even though the total amount of silver is in > > solution. > > > How have you determined the occurrence of "On occasion several individual > ions will > agglomerate into a larger one ". > > At the sub-nanometer size of ions, the repulsive force of the ions is over > one hundred thousand G-forces which virtually assures that the ions will > never get close to each other. The closer they get, the higher the repulsive > force becomes. > > What do you think would overcome mutual repulsion to allow ions to come > together? >
The simple fact that they do. Silver leaves the anode as ions and if you check CS made by the electrolytic method, once the ions get to 5 ppm or higher a significant of particles are made by the aggregation of the ions. 100,000 G force is not much when you start with the weight of a silver ion. If you have two ions that are .1 nanometer apart and moving at the rate of an inch a second towards each other from Browning movement, they would have to stop movement in .05 nanometer each. .5 inch/second/39 inches/meter = .013 meter.second G = acceleration of 10 meters^2 per second distance = speed*time speed = acceleration*time distance traveled = acceleration*time^2/2 acceleration = 100,000*10 = 1,000,000 meters/second^2 .013 meter/second will stop in .000000013 seconds with that deceleration rate. Distance travelled in that time at .013 meter/second is 1.69X10^-10 meters = .169 nanometer which is 3 times the distance needed for them to aggregate. Marshall -- 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]>
