Hi All and thanks in advance, I made the first batch of CS today, I think. I am including the following for your comments. Thanks much.
Tuesday, August 17, 1999 1735 PST. 12 oz water glass, rinsed with distilled water and filled to aproximately the 10 oz point (see dimensions below) with distilled water. NOT to scale +----------+ ------------------------------ | | 5/8" +----------+ Water level-------------- 6" | | 5-3/8" | Glass | | | | | +----------+------------------------------- Diameter of glass: aprox 2-1/2" at top flaring to 2-3/4" and then tapering to 2-1/2" at bottom Probes are duplicate length of .40 diameter .999 fine silver wire. Probes run entirely to the bottom of the container within 1/8". Probes run down the sides of the glass giving a spacing of aproximately 2-1/2". Power supply reads 26.4V (fully across a +/- 12V logic power supply) throughout process. The positive terminal was run through a LED and an DVM set to the 2 ma range. Negative terminal connected directly to the other probe. LED lit dimly throughout the process and no visually obvious change in brightness was noted. Ran process for 20 minutes. According to what I have been able to find, this should, in theory, result in 20 PPM (1PPM/minute). The following is the current flow recorded at start and in one minute intervals thereafter: Time Current (ma) ---- ------------ 0 0.27 (270 microamps) 1 0.31 2 0.31 3 0.32 4 0.33 5 0.34 6 0.34 7 0.35 8 0.35 9 0.36 10 0.37 11 0.37 12 0.38 13 0.38 14 0.39 15 0.40 16 0.40 17 0.41 18 0.43 19 0.44 20 0.44 Observations: Greyish "strands" appeared around the negative electrode farily early on in the process. at least one visible strand ran between the probes. Probes remained "clean" with the exception of a VERY light (blackish) oxide which showed up when they were cleaned when removed. After letting stand for an hour, no yellow color was noted. Greyish strands are not longer visible. If there is any change in "color", it may be that the water now appears very very slightly "milky", but otherwise it appears unchanged (or I suspect it just doesn't look any different that I can tell with any degree of certainty). White printer paper (typwriter paper) was placed behing the glass and still was unable to note any color change. Light used for observations were a krypton bulb 3V mini Mag light and a visible red laser. Laser reflected off the "strands" while current was applied, but shows nothing after it set for a while. One black particle (smaller than 0.5mm pencil point) in bottom of glass, not sure if it was there in the beginning or not. No difference in smell from original was noted. Not positive, but finished CS (?) may have aslightly metalic taste, but again, not positive. Any ideas, or comments appreciated! Thanks & take care, Vikki. -- Victoria Welch, WV9K, DoD#-13, Net/Sys/WebAdmin SeaStar.org, vikki.oz.net "Walking on water and developing software to specification are easy as long as both are frozen" - Edward V. Berard. Do not unto others, that which you would not have others do unto you. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
