My speculation is that at temperatures over 120 deg, the particles are so energetic and zipping around so fast that their velocity overcomes the repulsive forces and they collide...forming larger particles. The stronger you make it the more particles are packed into a given space and the more likely they are to collide. Even at lower temperatures, if the water is not circulating, high concentration zones form where particles are more likely to collide. So, it's easy to make say, 3- 5 PPM clear CS but it gets progressivly harder the stronger you go and more and more factors have to be considered to get that clear batch.
Near freezing water sounds like a good idea, but the conductivity of the water at freezing will be somewhat lower and making a given batch may take significantly longer. [no big deal..just factor that in] Just how clear is clear? That's becoming an interesting question on the negative TE thread. Thank's for a good clue Marshall Ode At 11:03 AM 11/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: >It is not a threshold from my testing, but a continuous curve. As temperature >increases, so does particle size. That is why I make my CS at just above >freezing. > >Anyway, I also found that the particle size is such at 120 F that it becomes >yellow at that temperature. At lower temperatures, all the absorptions are >in the ultraviolet region, so you cannot see the "color" change with your >eyes, but they can be recorded with my scanning photospectrograph. > >Marshall > >Ode Coyote wrote: > >> I have found that crossing a threshold of 110 to 120 deg F will produce >> yellow CS. >> Some websites actually include that in their directions so you can make >> yellow CS on purpose. >> >> I wonder if there's some sort of energy floating around Paulas area that >> excites things on a molecular level. She does live up in that neck of the >> woods where secret things happen. >> Cosmic rays? Military secrets? ULF radio? Dare I say it? UFO base? >> >> Ode >> >> At 09:26 AM 11/24/2003 -0700, you wrote: >> > Weird, when I use warmed water I get VERY yellow CS. But then I'm >> >the one that has yellow (varying shades from very faint straw to >> >really yellow) results more often than not, who has thought the >> >problem solved at least twice, and been wrong. >> > However, if the CS only turns purple in the pet water bowl, it's >> >probably from saliva. >> > >> >paula >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "silversurfer1952 ." <[email protected]> >> >> Hi Debbie, >> >> >> >> I have the same generator as you. The first, "maiden" batch was >> >clear but >> >> the subsequent two batches turned distinctly yellow. The last two >> >batches I >> >> started with warmed-up water which shortened the brew time to under >> >90 >> >> minutes (for 8 oz) and the results have been clear CS. >> >> >> >> Elle >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> >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]> >> > >> > > >
