Reid Harvey wrote: > Marshall, Ole Bob, Everybody, > Silver chloride disolves? I'm going to take first things first, then > work my way through the various suggestions, all of which are > appreciated. First, Marshall, I'm a little surprised to hear that > silver chloride will slowly disolve away, since I've always thought it > to be rather isoluble. I'll take your word on it, and have some tests > undertaken at the lab. Would I assume that they would be testing for > chloride, and/ or silver in the filtrate?
Silver chloride has a solubility of 0.000089 grams per 100 cc in cold water and 0.0021 grams per 100 cc in hot water. CRC Handbook 52nd edition. > > > The idea of silver chloride disolving reminds me of the problem of lead > pipes. Of course lead too disolves very slowly, but then there's so > much in the pipe, and even a little is toxic. So the planners have long > avoided lead pipes. Though I'm sure some lead pipes are still out there > hiding. With silver chloride might we have a comparable scenario? A > tiny amount getting into the water, but is it's 'toxicity,' albeit > cosmetic, sufficient to worry about? The tests will tell. Perhaps. It might not be much different than ionic silver in the stomach becoming silver chloride. > > > To let you all know, here is the methodology I'm following, in > saturation with silver chloride: > 1. Saturate the purifier candle with silver nitrate > 2. Thorouhly dry > 3. Place the candle in the two tiered water system, inserted into the > bottom of the upper container. > 4. Run salt (sodium chloride) water through the candle. This brings > about ion exchange, silver attaching to the chloride and nitrate going > off with the water. > 5. Flush out the salt > > I am assuming that the silver chloride is in the tiniest of particles. > So I think the the huge amount of active surface area is a blessing for > bacteria removal. But if what you say is about slowly disolving is true > then , then all this surface area is also a curse, more exposed > disinfectant. I think you will be limited by the solubility, not the surface area. 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]>
