Mike Monett wrote: > Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sodium chlorite is NaClO2. I am not sure if ionic silver would > > combine with sodium chlorite or not, but if it did it would > > produce silver chlorite, a high explosive. I would personally not > > combine the two. > > > Marshall > > I use it all the time to do the salt test.
I don't see how it could do the salt test? The salt test requires the production of an insoluble, or sparingly soluble compound of silver, such as silver chloride. Silver chlorite has a solubility of about 10 grams per liter, and should never form a precipitate at the concentrations of CS. Where do you even get sodium chlorite? > Bleach is a good > substitute for canning salt, and gives a similar white dispersion. > Ammonia dissolves it just like the silver chloride dispersion from > salt, but I did a quick search and couldn't find any equations. That is sodium hypochlorite, which I think ends up forming silver chloride and releasing oxygen. In that case it should behave like sodium chloride for doing a "aslt test". 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] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
