The particles you see in home-made CS are (according to who's
talking) an assortment of oxides, hydroxides, crystals and (maybe)
some pure silver. Some commentators say that its impossible for
electrolytic CS to contain pure silver particles, but I think they
are definitely present, as indicated by silver specks on the surface
and the mirror sheen that appears on some brewing jars. In fact I
would not be surprised if the percentage of pure silver particles is
a lot higher than anyone suspects.
These commentators usually give 'electro-chemical' equations to
explain why pure silver particles can't be present in home-made CS,
but I think they DO exist thanks to a purely 'mechanical' process. My
theory for how PURE silver particles come to be in the jar is that
they literally fall off the electrodes as tiny pieces of pure silver
that have been 'undercut' by the electrolysis process. (A bit like
how a soluble aspirin breaks into small pieces before it fully
dissolves).
Everyone knows that electrodes get pitted, but most people probably
don't realise how deep and numerous those pits are because they are
usually filled with fuzz. (The pits not the people).
I recently examined a 'well used' .9999 silver electrode that had
been cleaned in a a small ultrasonic jewelley bath. Under a
magnifying glass the pitting of the electrode was quite incredible.
It reminded me of Swiss cheese. And that was just what I could see
with my eyes. Imagine the pitting and tunneling that must go on at an
atomic level where some fissures would only be an atom or two across.
After seeing this I believe its almost inconceivable that pieces of
silver are not continually breaking off the electrodes. And some of
these pieces might be no more than a few atoms in size.
I don't know if my theory can be tested in any way. I've read that
Frank Key's Colloidal Science Lab can't differentiate between the
types of particles in a batch. Anyone got any ideas on how to remove
or dissolve all but the pure silver particles in a batch of CS? Any
remaining TE would then have to be due solely to pure silver particles.
David
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