It's all about evenly distributed current density and not producing ions in a supersaturated zone right at the electrode surface where they want to become particles in close proximity to each other, increasing the odds of agglomeration. Current controls the ion emission rate and if you concentrate it on corners and edges, it's like only half opening the door and staring a fire in a room so that people running out of the door wind up sharing each others pants and panties.
The hotter the fire and the smaller the door, the funnier the fashion statements.
Current "draw" is a function of conductivity reduction due to greater distance. Increased distance increases resistance in the water, so if those tips are further away from each other, the resistance at those points will be higher, sending the current elsewhere that's easier to get out through.
The "path of least resistance" rule. Ode At 08:55 AM 3/4/2010 -0800, you wrote:
Hello Ode, Just trying to understand this a little bit more and thinking out loud... I have a SG6 generator that uses flat strips of silver. If I bent the flat strips (just a little) so the edges were slightly further away from each other would that help to minimize the edge effects? Also, could you expand a little on why we are interested in reducing edge effects? Thanks. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <odecoy...@windstream.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:24 AM Subject: Re: CS>Silver wire > The ridges on the edge concentrate edge discharge, limiting current > density without overloading the Nernst Diffusion layer and the centers and > backside do almost nothing. > Those ridges will dissolve pretty fast making them somewhat better, however. > A bit fiddly to mount. > > IOW It'll take longer to do it right, but you can do it for a very long > time...and even if done "wrong", the EIS/CS still works. > > In a pinch with a glass of rainwater and a half dead car battery? I'd use > the heck out of them. > > Ode > > > At 05:12 AM 3/3/2010 -0800, you wrote: > >I dunno too much about the prices on silver wire. I've been kind of > >looking around and thinking of making with the wire as someone told me > >there is more contact or something. But for now using coins is much > >cheaper. They last a long time too. The person who first told me about > >making CS said they'd probably last me forever. Not sure what it takes > >to wear them down. Does anyone know any drawbacks to using the silver coins? > > > >Thanks, Gary -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
