Something as simple as the pH can make CS aggregate. Marshall
Ode Coyote wrote: > What happened is that the silver agglomerated into very large > particles. Particles of "what"? Who knows! > Red indicates a certain size range, not neccesarily composition. > Probably, there's something in your tap water that acts as a catylist. > Silver itself is an industrial catylist. > When dealing with charged ions, anything that can happen, will happen. > > Ode > > At 11:00 PM 6/13/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >I usually wake up a couple of times in the middle of the night and drink > >water. I run tap water through a Brita filter. In the last 6 months or so > >I have been adding CS to the glass of water that I keep by the bed. Last > >night the CS turned the tap water a faint red color almost instantly. > > > >Recently I changed my process from making one pint at a time to making 4 > >pints at a time. Instead of using a one pint beer glass, I now use a 4 > >pint mason jar. I use two pieces of 9999 12 gauge silver wire that are > >wetted in DW to four and one half inches. To agitate the solution, I use > >the second hand movement from a cheap clock motor. I attach monofilament > >fishing line to the clock motor and suspend a small piece of silver to the > >bottom of the electrodes. > > > >I'm using about 300 uA to keep the electrodes from turning black. I'm > >running it for about 12 to 14 hours. The solution finishes clear but > >sometimes turns a very faint yellow after a few days. The brew vessel is > >always scrubbed good - without soap - and rinsed several times in DW. > > > >I've made red CS in the past by hitting it with 100 VDC and letting it run > >violently for a while. Lots of black streamers and bubbles (^_^). But I've > >never seen my clear or faint yellow CS turn the tap water red, even when I > >was using my older, higher current, wipe the black stuff off of the > >electrodes process. > > > >Any comments or suggestions? > > > >Andy > > -- > 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]>
