Hi Ken: Another anion is used, quite possibly carbonate, a few people have even hypothesized that the anion is nitrogen.
Best Regards, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:50 AM Subject: Re: CS>WaterOz Ionic Silver - Silver Citrate > If 13 PPM is the max ionic silver content [assuming a relationship between > cations and ions..same thing only charge specific, right?] and a PWT uS > reading bears a relationship to the quantity and concentraion of those > ions...how come I can get as high a stable reading as 78 uS on the PWT when > making CS? > Is it because there are not enough anions present in the water to > 'discharge' the silver cations? > [78 uS is as high as I've gone and still produced a colorless CS but > there's no reason I can see that I couldn't go higher. TE at that reading > is VERY strong indicating a total silver content probably beyond 150 PPM] > > Ode > > > At 11:43 AM 9/6/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Silver is a cation (+). For every cation there must be a companion anion (-) > >present in a solution so that the net charge is zero. > > > >Pure water will allow about 13 ppm of silver cations using hydroxide as the > >anion. Pure water supplies the hydroxide. > > > >If the goal is to make a concentration of silver greater than 13 ppm, then > >some additional anions must balance the cations. The salt formed from > >combining the cations and anions must form a water soluble compound. Silver > >citrate is one such water soluble compound. Other water soluble compounds of > >silver include silver nitrate and silver acetate. > > > >frank key > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jonathan B. Britten" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 2:37 AM > >Subject: Re: CS>WaterOz Ionic Silver - Silver Citrate > > > > > >> Do you have any idea of the logic behind adding the citric acid? I am > >> not a chemist and can not venture even an uneducated guess. Is there > >> any underlying logic apparent to a chemist? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Saturday, Sep 6, 2003, at 06:23 Asia/Tokyo, Frank Key wrote: > >> > >> > Ion Chromatograph has confirmed that citrate is the anion in WaterOz > >> > Ionic > >> > Silver. > >> > > >> > Silver citrate at a concentration of 100 ppm (WaterOz) can cause > >> > argyria if > >> > caution is not exercised in how much is consumed. > >> > > >> > Silver citrate can be produced by electrolysis by using a "colloidal > >> > silver > >> > generator" of either HVAC or DC type design. By adding citric acid to > >> > the DI > >> > water before starting the process, citrate will become the companion > >> > anion > >> > when silver cations are added to the solution by electrolysis. > >> > > >> > The ph will be neutral when the silver cations balance the available > >> > citrate > >> > anions. > >> > > >> > > >> > 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]> > >> > > >> > > > > > > >
