Hello Marshall, It has been a couple of days now, and there is some silver that is now covering the bottom of my bottle.
I added some baking soda to the solution and brought the PH up to 6.7. The ORP now reads around 20. I believe the earlier reading was around 186, so there seems to be some relationship to PH. While 20 is not quite 0, it is pretty close, and I am still a little acidic with the solution. The amount of silver on the bottom of the bottle looks to be about the same as was observed in the other bottle. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "poast" <po...@prodigy.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:35 AM Subject: Re: CS>Making 100% colloidal EIS > Hello Marshall, > > In theory you are correct. IF all of the silver oxide has been converted to > silver metal, the ORP should read 0. > > However, I have found that ORP measurement can be less than exact under > certain conditions. I use it as a general indicator and to monitor change. > > For example, if you have a pond with some fish in it and the ORP of the pond > water drops below around 250 algae will begin to form. However, if you > raise the ORP of the water to above around 550, you will kill the fish. > > You can use the same numbers for the water for cut flowers or for a cut > Christmas tree. When the ORP of the water drops below 250, stemic rot will > form and a biofilm will form in the container. This will block the plants > ability to absorb water and the flower or tree will quickly dry out. If you > use water that has an ORP much above 550, you will poison the flowers or > tree, and they will quickly dry out. If you use water in the "sweet" range, > you will double the life of the flowers or tree. > > H2O2 starts out with an ORP of around 450. This level drops as the H2O2 > ages. > > When purifying water with chlorine or chlorine dioxide you want the ORP to > be above 650. > > I seem to remember that there may be a loose relationship between ORP and > PH. I may be above 0 because the PH of the solution is below neutral. I'll > add some baking soda to the solution to bring the PH to 7 and measure the > ORP again. > > Tom > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marshall Dudley" <mdud...@king-cart.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:19 AM > Subject: Re: CS>Making 100% colloidal EIS > > > > So, if I am understanding this correctly, the more positive the ORP is, > > the more oxidative it is. Thus the drop in the ORP would indicate that > > something that was oxidative (silver oxide) has been reduced (now silver > > metal). Unless I am misinterpreting, that is what I would expect. > > However if all the silver was reduced though, the question for me is, > > what is still there that is oxidizing, that is why is the ORP not 0? > > > > Marshall -- 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>
