Shu-Ren Hysing wrote:

> Dear Marshall, or anyone else with information on this topic anyway,
>
> Below you write that a silver dollar appropriate for ingesting
> (obviously eating a coin is inappropriate).

NO. I was not saying it is appropriate, just pointing out that for
silver particles to be absorbed they must be under a certain size, much
smaller than a coin.

> I was planning to try to make CS from Canadian 5 dollar silver coins
> though which are supposed to be of grade 9999 that is 99.99% pure
> silver. Is there any reason why this is inappropriate?

Nope, we have several people using those.  And if you wanted to work at
it a bit you could pound it out into a sheet.

> I can't seem to think of any real reason not to use them except for
> perhaps their shape which make them less suitable for use as
> electrodes.

If you wanted to work at it a bit you could pound it out into a sheet to
increase their surface area.

Marshall

>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Shu-Ren
>
>
>>
>>
   Subject:
   Re: CS>CS article
   From:
   Marshall Dudley <[email protected]>
   Date:
   Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:05:30 -0500
   To:
   [email protected]
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   To:
   [email protected]
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>>
>> A major portion of ingested silver is absorbed in the small
>> intestine
>>
>> Without teling what form the silver is in, this is meaningless.
>> Silver sulfide is not soluble at all, and neither is a silver
>> dollar.  Colloidal silver tends to be absorbed in the stomach, and
>> soluble silver salts are absorbed in the stomach as well. Only
>> sparingly soluble salts such as silver chloride, or salts that
>> become silver chloride in the stomach, when taken in amounts that
>> surpass the solubility limit in the stomach will pass significantly
>> into the intestines where they can still be absorbed over time.
>>
>>
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