Hi Garnet, My recollection is that it was 5 PPM but could be wrong. Since CS is so easy to make that's why I tell folks that if some is good...more is better but that a couple of teaspoons per gallon will easily do the trick.
Trem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garnet" <[email protected]> To: "Silver List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:48 PM Subject: [silver_list] Re: CS>CS for purifying water. > I assume you are using 20 ppm CS to start out with Trem? Which *if* my > math is correct will more than produce a 0.03 ppm solution, it would > actually produce ~ 0.078 ppm. > > If you used 15 ml (3 teaspoons) of 20 ppm CS (which contains 20 mg > silver in 1,000 ml) you are adding 0.3 mg of silver to a gallon of > water. > > 0.3 mg of silver added to 3.84 l of water = ~ 0.078 ppm > > If you start with 10 ppm CS, you would end up with ~0.039 ppm by adding > 3 teaspoons to one gallon of water. Not too far off from the 0.03 ppm > that I recall being the concentration of CS necessary to keep water > sterile. > > Garnet > > Conversion Factors: > A gallon of water is 3840 ml or 3.84 l. > 1 ppm = 1 mg of silver / liter of water > 1 teaspoon = 5 ml > > > > > > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 11:54, Trem wrote: > > I cannot locate the information but I distinctly recall the mention of 1 > > teaspoon per > > gallon being sufficient. When asked I also say to add an extra teaspoon so > > for sure > > there's overkill. That's about one third ounce per gallon. For sure 1 > > ounce per > > gallon will do the job Dave. > > > > Trem > > > > -- > 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]> > >
