I replied to an earlier copy of this message 2 or 3 times. Did you not get the earlier replies?
Marshall Reid Harvey wrote: > Friends, > I'm hoping someone on the list, with a bent toward chemistry, could help > me figure out how to reduce the silver in a ceramic filter ammoniacal > silver nitrate and acetaldehyde. Apparentluy this process is identical > to what is done with the production of mirrors. But all I have to go by > is the four constituents: silver nitrate, ammonia and acetaldehye. I > do not know (even roughly) the amounts of each of these. or the steps to > follow. Can someone please tell me, even approximately? > > I do know that after this reduction of the silver it's important that > the kiln firing be in reduced oxygen, in order to get silver metal, > bonded to the ceramic. This is great, the silver metal perhaps ten > times more effective at killing pathogens than is the case, were I to > use colloidal silver, ending up with silver oxide within the medium. > Also, why is the reduction necessary prior to the firing? Why not just > saturate with silver nitrate, then let the reduction happen in the firing? > Thanks! > Reid > > -- > 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]>
