Sounds about right. With no deposits to speak of, Faraday is probably fairly close. Most people can perceive a metallic flavor 5 PPM ionic and up but not generally 4 PPM and under.
ode At 03:12 PM 6/24/2004 +0100, you wrote: >> ### 200 microamps is 2 milliamps, right? > > >No, I meant 0.2ma. I think this water is quite pure. Here were the results >of another (more documented) test. > >200ml of de-ionised water. >2, 99.9999 silver electrodes - 1.6mm dia and 45mm into the water. >PSU voltage at the terminals was 37.0V > >Initial current was 0.197ma >after 10 mins 0.145ma >after 20 mins 0.3ma >after 30 mins 0.44ma >after 40 mins 0.59ma >after 50 mins 0.8ma > >The solution was stirred with a glass stirrer throughout. > >One of the electrodes turned a little black, but there was some foreign >bodied floating about (probably due to wiping the electrodes with a paper >towel before the start). There were no bubbles or clouds on either terminal. >The finished solution does not look any different. > >>Electrode deposits are an extreme variable. [Just guessing from eyeball >>observations..10% to 60% ??] > >Using the faraday calculator (excel spread sheet), it says about 6.91ppm, so >from what you say it could be from 2.76 to 6.22 ppm. > >From what I have read, this sounds like an ionic solution with a very small >particle size due to a low current. Is this a correct assumption? > >Dave. > > >-- >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]> > >
