Ode Coyote wrote: > Ag2 ++ > > Would that not, then, be 2 ions?
Yes, you cannot have an anion without a corresponding cation, and vice versa. > > Or would that be 2Ag+ ? 2Ag+ would most likely actually be the dissolved compound of silver oxide. > > What of those magical repulsive forces? They keep ions apart. > > Water would seem to be in a muddle.. ey? The shotgun wedding crowd > control factor. :-) > [Not entirely relevent, but] What think thee of, say, Ag3+ Anything above Ag2+ would be a charged particle, not necessarily an ion. That starts really getting confusing, especially since we all know that a particle of silver that is charged should be positive, but according to Frank Key the zeta measures negative. That is presumably due to OH- radicals from the water surrounding the particle, and canceling out the positive charge, yet being around the particle making the whole thing look slightly negative. I am not really sure exactly what is going on here, but it really isn't silver hydroxide since it will not dissolve into water no matter how much you dilute it. Marshall > > > Ode [There's an ion, then there's anion...dang!] > > At 10:51 AM 10/21/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Ode Coyote wrote: > > > >> Hucksters have been using this muddled definition to make small particle > claims for a long time. > >> > >> A better definition is, "A single atom that has lost or gained an > electron, thus displaying an electronic charge." [To include ionized > gasses, plazmas and such] > > > >No it can be more than one atom. Take silver oxide for example, it is > Ag2O, and when it ionizes when dissolved it splits into Ag2++ and O--. ALL > ionic compounds become positive and negative ions when dissolved in water. > For instance sodium carbonate will split up into a positive Na2++ and a > negative CO3--, once again more than one atom. > > > >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]> > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005 > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4 - Release Date: 10/21/2005 > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4 - Release Date: 10/21/2005
