On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:48:15 -0400 Marshall Dudley <mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote:
> indi wrote: > > 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 > > > > Yes it is, but it may not be that simple. Ol Bob reported elevated > oxides of nitrogen with the cone method of HVAC generation, without > arcing. Probably due to corona discharge, which is a bit more > difficult to identify and control. > > Marshall > Oh, that's something I did not know. The cone method is what I use, too. Well, that's something else to test for then when I can. Did you know Bob Berger? I've read what I could find of his writing online, it's very interesting. Thanks, 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> > >
