Eh , looks like I'm wrong. Old tube type electronics has electrons going from cathode to anode, but in elecroplating material travels from anode to cathode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating I still maintain that using both as silver is the most practical however. Chuck A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. On 9/8/2010 10:18:58 PM, Neville Munn (one.red...@hotmail.com) wrote: > Well in a roundabout way you do still need worry about current reversal. > Alternating polarity provides even wear on both electrodes rather than > just pulling silver off one all the time. > And whatever microscopic crud which may be left from previous brewing will > be repelled off that other electrode {not being a chemistry geek, > that's the best explanation I can give}. > > N. > > > From: cking...@nycap.rr.com > > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Subject: Re: CS>Does the cathode need to be silver? > > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:40:53 -0400 > > > > The cathode is the source of the current flow. > > You want the source to be silver. > > > > If you have ANY confusion, use silver for both the cathode AND the > > anode. > > Actually you won't > have to worry about current reversal, then. > > > > > > Chuck > > 43% of all statistics are worthless. > > > > On 9/8/2010 6:28:36 PM, David AuBuchon (aubuchon.da...@gmail.com) > > wrote: > > > Is there any reason everyone uses silver for the cathode? I can > > > understand if people were reversing the polarity. But when things only > go > > > one way, does it matter what the cathode is mad -- 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>