Yo Turf! [Good description of technique snipped...]
> Isn't the blackness on the positive electrode as well as what > causes the silver to go yellow silver oxide? ... It will yellow > less if it splashes (oxygenates) less while filtering. A batch > will always turn yellow on me when I store a small amount in a > 32oz brown glass container. > > If I store clear CS in an 8oz bottle, it will stay clear longer but > after it is opened a number of times, it too will yellow. I assume > it is reacting with oxygen to form silver oxide. I imagine that oxidation occurs. But we don't know if the color changes are caused by the chemical state of the particles' surfaces or whether clumping (floculation) causes the particle size to change, resulting in different optical absorption characteristics. Whether clumping, oxidation, or whatever, makes the silver less active in actual use is hard to know. When you splash it around, you're giving it an opportunity to clump, you're exposing it to light, as well, and who knows what else that might affect it. For all the worrying we do about the details, isn't it wonderful that the stuff seems to work pretty good anyway? <grin> Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@mail.id.net ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
