Some questions about electrolysis if people can comment: 1. Some say H+ ions are coming off of the anode. If so, where do they come from? And in the case it comes from a water molecule, where does the leftover OH- go?
2. During the initial stages, when silver cations are coming off the anode, if they exceed solubility locally (before many anions have had enough time to reach the anode), do these ions form metallic particles? If so, how is it that ions (mutually repulsive) can get together like that? Is it really like a collision just overpowering that resistance? 3. They say particles have a zeta potential (which is the case of CS is negative). I suppose particles are said to be "in suspension"? In solution, there are many silver ions with positive charge. Are these negatively charged particles and positively charged ions mutually attracted? Or are things "in suspension" in a different universe than things "in solution"? 4. At the cathode, one electron reacts with one water molecule to form (H + OH-). Then the H becomes H2 and escapes, right? 5. The gray colored sludge on the cathode is metallic silver plating out, right? Why does so little silver appear to occupy so much volume? Is the sludge full of air bubbles, making it look like a lot? 6. When there is excess silver hydroxide, why does silverhydroxide want to convert to silveroxide? Wouldn't it want to agglomerate into particles? Or is it a combination of both? What chemically happens to make silver hydroxide become silver oxide? 7. So ultimately, there is some metallic silver particles, silver ions (as either silverhydroxide or silveroxide), and silver "particles" of silver hydroxide or silver oxide? And I suppose there are "inter-racial" particles, right? Like a particle that could have some metallic silver, silverhydroxide, as well as silveroxide? Are there actually any silver ions left just by themselves? 8. I think Marshall said the black char on the anode is silveroxide. Was it originally silverhyroxide that turned to silveroxide? Thanks, ~David -- 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>
