Peter Lindemann's info (see below) clears up the question
"Colloidal or Ionic?" -- but how do we know if there is
dissolved silver (DS) in CS ?
Is it possible to dissolve pure silver in distilled water ?
Is there always some DS in properly made CS ?
Is consuming too much dissolved silver unhealthy ?
Is dissolved silver present in CS only, or primarily,
when made using certain methods ?
Do certain CS production methods produce excessively
high levels of dissolved silver ?
Does the level of DS increase over time, as CS ages ?
Does the 'rate of conversion' to DS accelerate when CS is
exposed to certain types of electric or magnetic fields,
or heat, etc. ?
When testing CS, is there a simple method to determine if
dissolved silver is present ?
When testing CS, is there a simple method to accurately
quantify dissolved silver levels ?
--Bill
from: A Closer Look At Colloidal Silver
By Peter A. Lindemann
http://www.elixa.com/silver/lindmn.htm
>> Colloidal or Ionic?
Another big controversy surrounds the question of whether this
method produces "colloidal" silver or "ionic" silver. Most people
have been told that colloidal silver is "good" and ionic silver is
"bad." Once again, the truth might be unpopular. The word
"colloidal" refers to a condition where, in this case, a solid
particle is SUSPENDED in a liquid (silver in water). The solid
particles are too large to be considered DISSOLVED, but are too
small to be filtered out. This colloidal condition is most easily
detected by what is called the "Tyndall effect", where a narrow
beam of light is shined through the liquid to produce a cone shaped
dispersion of the light. The particles so illuminated also exhibit
a random, zig-zag activity called "Brownian motion" when observed
under a microscope. When something is completely dissolved, both
the Brownian and Tyndall effects disappear.
The word "ionic" refers to a condition where a particle has an
electric charge. In the case of "electro-colloidal" silver, this
electric charge is ALWAYS positive. Silver will not form a
negatively charged ion. So, the truth is that electro-colloidal
silver is BOTH colloidal and ionic. It is considered colloidal
because of the particle SIZE and it is considered ionic because of
the particle CHARGE. In fact, most of the biological studies
suggest it is colloidal silver's ionic characteristics that make it
such a good germicide. It is also interesting to note that the old
chemistry books make no distinction between the colloidal and ionic
states of the electro-colloidal metals.
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