On Wednesday November 23 2005 9:07 am, Ode Coyote wrote:
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> [ A TEM sample must be dry in order to use a TEM. Ionic silver
> doesn't survive drying, therefore, a TEM doesn't magnify what we
> make, it magnifies a byproduct of drying it.
> HOW that sample is dried and WHERE in the sample it is focused on
> can be fudged to show anything the operator wants to show. One thing
> it can't show is silver ions. They will always be silver oxide
> particles after being dried. Also, any dissolved products will
> crystalize when dried and a crystal can be grown to virtually any
> size that one wants to grow it.] {Ode/Ken}
Hi again Ode/Ken.
I've heard the above statements or similar statements a number of times on
various lists. It often includes a statement to the effect that it (a TEM) is
the wrong tool for the job. I don't question any of the above. However OTOH
virtually every website offering data on colloidal, ionic, electrically
isolated silver offer tem photos to illustrate what they are claiming. This is
genuinely pervasive in the online medicinal silver community. Do you believe
that this is being done to deliberately deceive the end user/consumer? If not,
what is the reason for including this information? These TEM tests and photos
are not cheap.
I also know that virtually any and all "scientific" data and test results can
be, and often are, fudged and made to show the desired results. So why pick
this one test which is so easily challenged? Unless there is nothing else
available.
This brings me to my real question/s and reason for responding to your post.
If a TEM is not the right tool for the job, what is? Is there some other
relatively readily available test which will show not only the amount of ionic
silver present but actually measure the size/s of any silver ions present?
TIA
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