Sugar and honey are not the same thing. Honey contains lots of things besides sugar and water, many of which will ionize in water.
Marshall Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Reid, I'm going to repeat this with some emphasis, and you should check it > out with any chem teacher you can, or however else you are able: Sugar in > an aqueous solution - i.e., distilled water - does not increase the > conductivity, so whatever increase your measuring equipment is showing it > is not from the sugar in honey. It may be from other 'impurities' or > constituents of the honey, or it may be an artifact of your system or > procedure, but sugar water is not an ionic solution. Take it from there, > good luck, > > Malcolm > > At 06:11 AM 10/16/03 +0530, you wrote: > > >Thanks Marshall, > >I did use some CS from the previous batch, about 20 ml., but this didn't > >increase the conductivity. Note this was at the start of the second > >batch, where I had used no starter for the first batch. At the start of > >the third batch there was still little increase in conductivity when > >using previously made CS as starter. That's when I went to honey and > >got a huge increase in conductivity with only the tiniest drop. So for > >the 2.4 liters the conductivity went from 0.2 uS to 2.8 uS. > >Bye for now. > >Reid > > > >Marshall said: > >If you want to use a starter for a batch to make it go quicker, I > >recommend > >using some CS from the previous batch. > > > >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]> > > > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/03 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/03
