Thanks very much for that Arnold, quite interesting! I will have a go at
trying to duplicate that with a magnetic stirrer set on a high speed to
simulate vigorous shaking later. I know it's not quite the same but some
result should be evidenced from the exercise, it's still a form of rapid
movement of the solution, it's worth a try anyway just to satisfy my own
curiosity if nothing else.
Just had a thought, perhaps this only applies to higher ppm content as I've
just remembered that 200ppm was mentioned and I don't produce anywhere near
that ppm. Sorry, just thinking aloud.
Thanks and Cheers...Neville.
----- Original Message -----
From: Arnold Beland
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: CS>(LL) Hi,A silver ??___Shaking??
I have found that repeated sharp movement will result in the agglomeration of
particles. I have tested this in two ways. I have simulated shipping by using
an ultrasonic cleaner which resulted in the very rapid deposition of bits of
silver at the bottom. I also sent a gallon to a friend of mine in Florida
which is all the way across the country who then reset it to me. Quite a few
of the particles had agglomerated it to the point where they were large enough
for brownian motion to no longer keep them in suspension. The resulting
measurement of total silver by digestion with nitric acid and measurement with
my atomic absorption spectrophotometer indicated the loss of about 50% of the
silver. This finding over two years ago put an end to any plans of mine to
actually make and sell colloidal silver. It simply doesn't travel well.
Best Regards,
Arnold
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Neville <nevillem...@bigpond.com> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Arnold Beland
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: CS>(LL) Hi,A silver ?? for the wise ones---
Arnold snipped quote:
["But even the yellow stuff would take an awful lot of shaking before it
would
actually settle out".]
-Could you expand on this concept a little more for me Arnold, I'm not
familiar with this, or is it just an error in phrasing ie; 'shaking to settle
out'.
Thanks...Neville.
