Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-08 Thread Marshall Dudley
Yes, I believe that is correct. It becomes lye. Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > If sodium chloride is used [salt] and silver chloride is produced...what > happens to the sodium? My guess is sodium hydroxide [lye] > Ken > > At 09:48 PM 10/7/01 -0400, you wrote: > >How much salt is used? I think o

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-08 Thread Ode Coyote
If sodium chloride is used [salt] and silver chloride is produced...what happens to the sodium? My guess is sodium hydroxide [lye] Ken At 09:48 PM 10/7/01 -0400, you wrote: >How much salt is used? I think only a few grains, right? I would guess it >is less than 5 ppm, so it would get reacted o

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-07 Thread Frank Key
Marshall wrote: > You are assuming a spherical particle. There is no assumption of shape in the > above paragraph. If a silver atom is .2nm then if the atoms were stacked end > to > end, making a rod, it would be 5 atoms long for a 1 nanometer particles. A > sphere > would contain 31 as you

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-07 Thread Marshall Dudley
Frank Key wrote: > >Properly made > > Ag(e) should contain particles approximately 0.01 to 0.001 microns in > > diameter (1 micron=one millionth of a meter, or 4/100,000 inch). At this > > tiny size, each particle is a cluster of perhaps 5-20 Silver atoms, with a > > positive electric charge." >

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-07 Thread Marshall Dudley
How much salt is used? I think only a few grains, right? I would guess it is less than 5 ppm, so it would get reacted out fairly fast. Marshall Terry Chamberlin wrote: > Marshall wrote: > “The problem is that in the process of making CS, the > silver leaves the wire as ions. Ions are very react

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-07 Thread A.V.R.A.
Thank you very much Frank for bringing this to my attention. I shall hit the books again, and adjust my thinking. - Original Message - From: "Frank Key" To: Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:32 AM Subject: Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments > A.V.R.A. wrote: > >

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-07 Thread Frank Key
A.V.R.A. wrote: > According to Peter Lindemann ( whom I personally view as a good source of > information for more than just CS ), adding salt as a primer results in > particles sized from .05 to .14 microns, as determined from electon > microscope photography. Particles this size, according to P

Re: CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-06 Thread A.V.R.A.
According to Peter Lindemann ( whom I personally view as a good source of information for more than just CS ), adding salt as a primer results in particles sized from .05 to .14 microns, as determined from electon microscope photography. Particles this size, according to Peter, are too large to fo

CS>Re: Thoughts and comments

2001-10-06 Thread Terry Chamberlin
Marshall wrote: “The problem is that in the process of making CS, the silver leaves the wire as ions. Ions are very reactive and will react immediately with many things. Once the ions combine and form colloid then the silver becomes very non-reactive. So if your water has 50 ppm of salt in it, the