Frank Key wrote: > Marshall wrote: > > > 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. > > Ions cannot combine to form particles unless they take on an electron which > converts them back into atoms. Only atoms can combine to form particles. > Atoms do not have mutual repulsion because there is no ionic charge, so the > van der Waal's force will act on the atoms pulling them together to form > particles. > For details see: > http://www.silver-colloids.com/Papers/definitions.html#vanderwaal > > Once the particles grow beyond a few atoms, they develop the surface charge > the creates the double electric layer which causes the "zeta potential'. > When the zeta potential is sufficiently strong it will cause mutual > repulsion of the particles to prevent the particles from growing larger. > > The mutual repulsion of ions is over one hundred thousand G-forces when they > are within an atomic diameters of each other. There is no known force that > will overcome such a high mutual repulsive force.
Of course there is. It is called inertia. There is no maximum force from inertia, the force will be proportional to the (de)acceleration, and when ions must reverse direction in sub nanometer distances a force of 100 Gs is almost trivial. Take a look at nuclear science. The force there when atoms smash together is in the billions of G's. 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]>
