Marshall wrote: > 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.
All silver leaves the anode as ions. But because the ions are in a liquid that has current passing through it, some of the ions take on an electron which is supplied by the electric current. These ions then have their outer most orbit restored by the addition of an electron and are thus converted back into atoms. It is the atoms that form the particles. The atoms have no ionic charge to cause mutual repulsion, therefore the van der Waal's force will cause the atoms to form particles. Ions have an ionic charge that prevents them from getting near another ion. Mutual repulsion is far stronger than Brownian motion at normal room temperatures. Brownian motion increases with temperature but will still be insufficient to overcome the mutual repulsion of the ionic charge. frank key -- 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]>
