Jason Eaton wrote: > Nenah: > > Purity does matter, as does understanding the concentration involved. > Potassium Hydroxide at high concentrations is also known as lye.
Lye is sodium hydroxide, not potassium hydroxide. But it can be used to stabalize ph just as well. Marshall > > > Potassium Hydroxide at industrial strengths is very dangerous. Bases can be > just as dangerous as acids. > > http://www.ionlight.com/water/waterarticles/SangWhang/degenerative.html > > CanCell was one of the big promoters of such an alkaline base water. > > I've never had to research into purity issues or concentration strengths. > At the higher levels of concentration, a single drop might be too much for a > gallon of distilled water... > > One would need a digital PH meter ( they are not too expensive ) and apply > caution with determining the strength to use if using any product that was > not prepared specifically for internal use. > > Best Regards, > > Jason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nenah Sylver" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:13 PM > Subject: CS>question about Potassium Hydroxide > > > Hi Folks. > > > > I called a couple of chemical companies today about Potassium Hydroxide > for the > > CS. Here's what I found out: > > > > 1) P.H. is not made as a food grade item. > > > > 2) There is one way of making it that is the equivalent of food grade, but > they > > cannot say "for internal consumption" on the label. > > > > To those of you who put P.H. in your distilled water before adding the > silver > > electrodes to make your CS, I am wondering: (1) Which grade of P.H. do you > use, > > and (2) how much of a 10% P.H. solution (drops) would you use for about 1 > gallon > > of CS? > > > > The company that makes the purer stuff wants to put me through a 2-day > screening > > process, and I don't want to wait. The company selling the cheaper stuff > will > > send it out to me right away. If purity doesn't matter, then I will buy > the > > cheaper stuff. > > > > So I'd appreciate feedback ASAP. > > > > Many thanks. > > Nenah > > > > > > -- > > 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]> > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 09/04/2003
