How does that work? What happened to the silver? It doesn't just dissappear...
Even if it precipitated out, it should have been "digested" by the nitric acid and been measured. Dan On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Arnold Beland <abela...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <abela...@gmail.com> >> *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. >> >> >
