I might add that the water needs to be cold water, warm water has a much higher solubility than the .8 ppm. Unfortunately my reference simply says cold water, so I am not sure if it is cold like from the tap (55-60 or so degrees F), or room temperature, 70 or so degrees F.
Marshall Dan Nave wrote: > To use the Salt test for determining Ionic Silver Concentration: > > Take a known volume of EIS (Electrically Isolated Silver) and add > enough salt to it so that all the ionic silver combines to form AgCl. > > Since AgCl has a .8 ppm solubility, you should get a precipitate. Add > distilled water (at an appropriate rate while stirring) until all the > AgCl is dissolved. > > The total volume of water in units, compared to the original amount of > EIS (one unit) should indicate the ionic silver concentration. > > Thus, a 20 ppm ionic silver solution should require a total of 25 units > of water to dissolve the AgCl produced by the addition of salt to the > original solution. (That is, 20/.8 = 25). > > Dan > > Re: CS> Diet for dogs and humans > > From: Marshall Dudley wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:59:20 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Dr. David W. Kenney" wrote: > > > > > Just make a solution of salt and water...and pour it into a sample of > your > > CS...if there is lots of ionic silver...you will get a white > precipitate > > Yes, fully expected since AgCl only has about a .8 ppm solubility. But > add > sufficient warm water and it will redissolve slowly. Add low pH HCl > and you > will find that the solubility goes way up. > > Marshall > > -- > 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]>
