In my experience, H2O2 should not be added during the process in any amount. I did that once and made copious amounts of shiny silver metal flakes big enough to use in a snow scene paperweight. Conductivity never exceeded 13 uS after many hours. ..very pretty, but not useful.
Ode At 12:28 AM 4/11/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Fellow CS/EISers: > >In order to loosely document the effect on PPM when drugstore hydrogen >peroxide (3% H2O2) is added to home-brewed colloidal silver, I >recently made the following test: ---- At the end of one of my larger >batches, 20 ml of H2O2 was added. Batch was stirred continuously >throughout this test. Another 20 ml of H2O2 was added, 10 ml per >addition, at two other times. The below table shows the results: > >Date Time MicroSiemens (µS) >------|------|------------------------------------------ >040407 1800 6.68 (End-of-batch, added 20 ml H2O2) >040407 2100 8.66 >040407 2300 10.05 (Added another 10 ml H2O2) >040408 0400 11.31 >040408 0600 13.18 >040408 1600 15.78 (Added another 10 ml H2O2) >040409 1800 16.15 >040410 0630 17.15 >040410 1730 17.78 >040411 0730 18.37 >040411 0930 18.68 >040411 1300 18.98 >040411 1430 19.07 > >The resulting increase in PPM was a little startling. > >QUESTION -- Does anybody know if it would be detrimental to the >quality of generated CS if this much H2O2 was added to DW at the >beginning of the electrolytic process? > >Specifics: > >1) Freshly completed, 32 hour batch, PPM = 24.86 (Herx13 spreadsheet) >2) LVDC system, 1 ma current limited, paddle-stirred at 36RPM. >3) RO distilled DW, 5.18 liters, conductivity = 1.78 µS. >4) Anode - spiral of 34", 9999, #12 AWG, Ag wire, 7" submerged. >5) Cathode - stainless steel rod, 1/4" diameter, 7" submerged. >6) Glass generating jar. >7) Benchtop conductivity meter, 0.2% accuracy @ 25C. > >Thanks all, > >Jimmy Joe > >_________________________________________________________________ >Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® >Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
