Small correction: 100 G-forces should have been written 100K G-forces. The actual number is over 100,000 G-forces.
frank key ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: Re: CS>EIS > 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]> >
