sol <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I guess I'm still confused. Chemical names that sound > similar are always mixing themselves up in my mind.
> Maybe it was nitric something, or nitrous something I was thinking > of, or thought I remembered. > oh, well, not important, as I sure don't intend to mess with HVAC. >sol Hi sol, You are a genius and don't know it. You were right all along. Nitric acid is formed from nitrogen dioxide in the arc dissolving in water. Did you miss my reply showing an experiment with an arc and moist blue litmus paper? Just in case, here it is again: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can duplicate the process on a small scale with the apparatus shown at the top of this page. Bend the lower ends of the stiff iron wires so they form a spark gap with about 2" between the points. Hang a moist strip of blue litmus paper over one. Connect the two wires to the high-voltage terminals of the spark coil. Let the spark jump the gap continuously for several minutes. The spark produces nitrogen dioxide. This in turn reacts with the moisture in the litmus paper. The litmus turns pink, indicating nitric acid has formed. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/07/the-gas-that-makes-you-laugh/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The nitrogen dioxide dissolves in the water and dissociates to form nitric acid much like carbon dioxide. But the dissociation is probably much greater. The nitric acid combines with silver ions to form silver nitrate. This is a very small concentration, to be sure, but the silver nitrate is much less effective than silver ions. So you were right all along! Good idea to not mess with HVAC. Besides not working very well for making cs, it can be lethal! Regards, Mike Monett Antiviral Antibacterial Silver Solution: http://silversol.freewebpage.org/index.htm SPICE Analysis of Crystal Oscillators: http://silversol.freewebpage.org/spice/xtal/clapp.htm Noise-Rejecting Wideband Sampler: http://www3.sympatico.ca/add.automation/sampler/intro.htm -- 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]>
