Plugging those numbers into my Excel Faraday calculator I get about 14ppm - not 20ppm.
Dan On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Marshall Dudley<mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote: > That may be true for batch processing, but for my flow system, the > efficiency is about 1/4 of that. That is with stirring and polarity > reversal. The exact stats are 1.5 gallon per hour, 20 mA and 20 ppm. This is > probably due to the higher concentration tending to plate back out during > the brewing. > > Marshall > > > Dan Nave wrote: >> >> The point is, in this case, electrode size doesn't matter. If you are >> conducting at the rate of 1ma and the volume of water is 1 cup, then >> you release enough silver into the water in 1 hour hour to have an >> equivalent of 17 ppm. This gives you a rule by which you can get a >> ballpark idea of what may be going on in your brewing cell. You can >> use it to estimate. Just adjust for the variables. (For current >> values before you reach 1 ma, Hint: measure the current vs time and >> calculate an average.) >> >> I submit, that with polarity switching, the ppm of the product is >> exactly what is calculated by Faradays Law of Electrolysis. Until you >> have any fallout. And this is more accurate than measuring with a >> meter... >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Ode Coyote<odecoy...@windstream.net> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> At 12:56 PM 6/15/2009 -0500, you wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Missed something... >>>> >>>> That is "in a time period of 1 hour." >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Dan Nave<bhangcha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Two gallons is probably too much to brew at one time with most of the >>>>> home generators we see. >>>>> You would be better off starting out with a pint or a quart. (approx. >>>>> 500 to 1000ml) >>>>> >>>>> My rule of thumb is that the maximum amount of silver released into 1 >>>>> cup of water at 1 milliamp current in 1 hour is equivalent to >>>>> approximately >>>>> 17ppm. You can extrapolate from this rule. Just use your reasoning >>>>> abilities, if you have any... (I assume you do) >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>> >>> ## Using how much electrode, at what distance and assuming that the >>> first >>> few hours were actually running at 1 milliamp when that's not very likely >>> if >>> the water is good. >>> >>> Ode >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
