Hi Chris,
What s the voltage of your power supply?
So you have decided to make your own colloidal silver. This is a smart move
on your part for several reasons. First and foremost is the fact that you
will be in complete control of the quality of your product. Colloidal
silver is basically a very easy product to make. The process that generates
colloidal silver is called electrolysis. It is the same process that is
involved in electroplating. This process moves tiny little bits of a metal
( ions ) from one piece of metal parens the anode and program to the
cathode, which can theoretically be any conductive metal, but in good
practice should also be pure silver. You need a vessel to hold whatever
amount of pure distilled water that represents the amount of colloidal
silver product that you will end up with. It is very important that this is
steam distilled water. Not de-ionized. Not ozonated. We are fortunate in
the United States to have this available at stores such as Wal-Mart,
Walgreens, and many others. The quality (purity) of the distilled water
that you buy by the gallon will vary. It is produced in large plants, and
the quality depends on the water quality that they start off with and how
well they have maintained their distilling equipment. I will show you how
to do a quick check to make sure that the distilled water is suitable for
making colloidal silver before you use it.
We will start off with the famous but tricky 3-9 method. This method
entails the purchase of 3 9 volt batteries and connecting them in series to
gain 27 volts. You then simply attach the positive and negative battery
terminals to two pieces of silver, which are immersed in water. You are
then supposed to sit and watch this until you see a cloud, a yellow cloud,
of bubbles emerging from the positive electrode and heading for the negative
electrode. The problem with this method is that by the time you see these
bubbles the process has run away in terms of current density and is
producing overly large silver particles and has never reached the
potentially high level of Ionic concentration. This results in an inferior
product, even when the person using it is very diligent. We need to explain
what we mean when we use the term quote current density quote. The silver
electrode that is connected to the positive battery terminal is called the
anode. The anode provides the atoms of silver. It will have a certain
surface area. There is an optimum level of current density for the purpose
of generating the highest level of Ionic concentration before the formation
of actual silver particles begins. If this level is exceeded, then
particles start forming too early in the process and the process must be
stopped before the particles become so large that the water begins to take
on a color, starting with a yellowish tinge. This indicates that particles
larger than 40nm have begun to form. Many years ago, before we had
reasonably priced visible lasers available, we used the presence of a yellow
tinge of color as an indicator that the process was finished. Even using
the method with current limiting, to prevent runaway, if the process goes on
too long, the yellow tinge will appear. There is nothing wrong with having
colloidal silver with a slight yellow tinge. The particles are still of the
size that will do you no harm.
Many times people complain about the length of time that a process requires.
Because the water is a very pure to start with as in the process of
distillation removes any Ionic content. Ions are what makes water
conductive, therefore the current is very low to start with. It builds up
very gradually, and as it does the resistance between the electrodes
decreases, thereby increasing the current. The greater the distance between
the electrodes, the greater resistance. Therefore, one easy way to speed
the process is to initially place the electrodes in close proximity. By
using a resister as a current limiting device between the batteries and an
electrode you can do this quite safely, as even if you touch the electrodes
together to form a short circuit, no harm will be done. The resister will
limit the current to a safe value. If you place a voltmeter across the
current limiting resistor, it will initially show very little voltage being
dropped across the resister, because the current will be very low. You will
be able to see the current increasing as the ions increase in number as the
voltage across the resister will increase proportionately as this occurs.
When you observe this effect, you can then gradually move the electrodes
further apart. This will substantially decrease the amount of time involved
in making the product. You may find that there are people who will suggest
adding some salt to the water to speed the process. This is very bad
advice. You end up making silver chloride, and a series of unknown
compounds that are combinations of other impurities contained in the salt.
Please do not do this. There are other people, who will tell you that it is
okay to just use tap water. There is a case of a congressman from South
Dakota, who did this and turned blue. I don't know whether or not it did
him any permanent harm. But it doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
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