Dan Nave wrote: > If my math is right, here is a rule of thumb that you can > use for approximating the maximum concentration of CS when > you make it... > > "The maximum concentration for 1 cup of CS made at 1 > milliamp for one hour would be approximately 17ppm."
I had computed about 20 ppm per hour for 20 mA into a gallon. That works out to be almost exactly the same. > > > Reasoning: > > Each Coulomb of electricity will deposit .001118 grams of > silver into solution. A Coulomb is 1 ampersecond. > > For example, 1 cup of water is 227 grams. Run it for 1 hour > at 1 milliamp. > > Find the number of seconds: > 1 hour = 60 seconds/minute x 60 minutes = 3600 seconds > > Find the number of Coulombs: > .001 amps x 3600 seconds = 3.6 ampseconds = 3.6 Coulombs > > Find the amount of silver released: > 3.6 columns x .001118 grams/coulomb = .00402 grams of silver > released into solution > > Find the ratio or water to silver: > 227 grams of water / .00402 grams of silver = 56467 / 1 > > Find the parts per million: > 1,000,000 / 56467 = 17ppm > > So, the rule of thumb would be: > > "The maximum concentration for 1 cup of CS made at 1 > milliamp for one hour would be 17ppm." > > This assumes that the current is at 1 ma from start to > finish of the hour. (If it took 1 hour for the current to > go from zero to 1 ma then the concentration would be > approximately half (8.5ppm) for that hour, assuming that the > current increase is reasonably linear at this stage.) > > These values are approximate and indicate the *maximum* > concentration you can get. Your effective CS concentration > will be somewhat less. That is the big question. When I ran this over the weekend, I ended up with a good bit of black fluffy stuff that fell off the wires. I am sure that some current was wasted on making this, but how much is anyones guess. Marshall > > > Using this value you can quickly get a rough estimate of > your (max) CS concentration by figuring out the number of > cups in your jar, the run time in hours, and the current in > milliamps. > > Dan > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005 > > -- > 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]>
