On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:30:36 -0400 Marshall Dudley <mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote: > Not quite sure what you mean by that. Arcing produces both NO2 > (nitrogen dioxide) and NO (nitrogen oxide). When either contact > water, they form acids. NO2 forms nitric acid, and NO forms nitrous > acid. If silver is present it will produce silver nitrate or silver > nitrite. > > > Well, first we are talking very low ppm, or even ppb, and I am not > sure what the threshold of taste is for the acids. But if it reacts > with any silver, then you no longer have the acid, but a silver salt, > which has much lower taste, so I am not sure if you could taste it or > not. It would be like a couple of gains of salt in a glass of water. >
Thanks for the clarification, you raise some good points. Arcing is pretty easy to avoid, though. I used to work a lot on old vacuum tube powered audio circuits (though the max voltage in those was generally 600V or so), so I know a bit about that. indi -- 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>
