Hi Mike, If I had to use only good distilled water I wouldn't have any CS. Exorbitantly expensive and a round trip of 350km and tastes/smells like diesel. If I was selling CS and wanted shelflife then I would go the route of making a double or triple distiller.
Yes, I estimated 2 to 5ppm for 2 to 5 minutes. So we are in the order of magnitude there. :-) If 2 to 5 ppm works and is not harmful in any way then why go higher?? And if I am drinking the water anyway, can adding some silver to it make it worse? From my point of view adding some silver is better than doing nothing. Using my rig and iv quality distilled water and no stirring, the current increased slowly and then accelerated (logrithmic?). With intermittent stirring, the current would drop back partway and rise again. I probably still have my notes but it was several years ago. I notice that you have no parameter for electrode spacing; nor for agitation or flowrate past the electrodes. Both are very important practical considerations in my view. As important as current density, which also does not seem to appear in your calcs either. Tony On 12 Jan 2005 at 16:57, Mike Monett wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > Silver electrolysis should only be done with pure distilled water. Why? > > For plain water, and assuming your constant current source goes into > full limiting as soon as current is applied, a current of 1mA for 3 > minutes in 250ml will liberate 1.609ppm of silver ions. > (Calculations provided at the end.) OK > > This is an insignificant amount of silver, and most of the ions will > probably combine with various contaminants in the water. What do you mean by insignificant? Works for me and others. Heh! What are contaminants to you are what make delicious mountain spring water for me. > > If you are relying on this to protect you against water-borne > disease, I'd recommend boiling, or any of the other proven methods > for purifying water. > > It is not possible to calculate the amount of silver liberated in > your distilled water example, since the voltage across the cell is > too low. The initial resistance of the dw will allow only a small > current to flow. The current will build up slowly, but it is > doubtful the current limiter will go into full limiting during the > brew cycle. > > Since we do not know the average current, we cannot calculate the > amount of silver liberated. > > Best Regards, > > Mike Monett > -- 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]>
