Personally, I *prefer* magical thinking... Dan
> -----Original Message----- > From: Indi [mailto:indule...@comcast.net] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:34 PM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>blue moons revisited > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:57:20PM +0000, M. G. Devour wrote: > > Someone asks Ken: > > > >> What mehod did you use to verify that it was still ionic and > > > >> unchanged? > > > > Ken wrote: > > > > ## EC meter. > > > > Colloids don't conduct electricity. > > > > Indi replies: > > > That is incorrect. Even tap water will conduct electricity. > > > > I say: > > > > Huh? Any tap water I've ever seen or heard of has scads of > dissolved > > minerals in it, which provide ions that make it hightly conductive. > > > > That is true. > > > As far as any of our sages have ever been able to determine, > > conductivity meters can only pick up the effect of ions. To > the extent > > colloidal particles exist in your brew, they won't > contribute to the > > conductivity. > > > > What I mean is that measuring for conductivity is no > guarantee of ionic silver specifically, particularly if the > solution in question is five years old. Truly gas-tight > containers certainly exist, but are not the norm (that's the > reason sealed packaging exists). If you place your solution > in a bottle or jar and just screw the lid on, five years > later you will have had all sorts of chemical activity going > on in that container. (unless it was stored in the dark in a > vacuum, and the cap as well as the container is glasss). You > can measure for conductivity, but that will not give proof of > a given solution being "unchanged". > > I don't mean to get into an argument or anything, but it's > just the way things are. Ionic solutions are volatile (have a > short shelf life), and are photo-sensitive by nature. That is > why medicinal ionic solutions (for insstance those commonly > known as "iodine" and "mercurachrome") always came packaged > in brown glass bottles. > > When someone tells me he kept some ionic solution for five > years and measuring for conductivity "proved" the solution > was still pristine, I feel obligated to point out that he has > not proved that at all. > It is hard enough to determine proper facts in this field of > study, after all. > > BTW, one can easily test this at home; measure the > conductivity of a jar of plain distilled water, then store > the jar for a few months, then measure again. > You will see much more conductivity after. :) > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > >
