How about those little sachets of moisture absorbing stuff they stick in new trainers and packets of capsules?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:09 PM, David AuBuchon <aubuchon.da...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am trying to make a highly concentrated silver citrate solution but > encountered a problem. The first time I did this I did not have this > issue. I took silver oxide powder and put it in distilled water. Then I > added citric acid until it could all dissolve, stirring vigorously. Made > about 1,000PPM > > This time I first made a solution nearly saturated with citric acid. Then > I added the silver oxide. But it appears the silver oxide is a little > clumpy and does not disperse into a fine mist will stirring it. I think it > may be because of some moisture in the jar of silver oxide powder I have. > The result is that the silver oxide is taking forever and ever to dissolve > and is very frustrating. It is dissolving, but just super slowly. Almost > up to 5,000PPM. I won't be able to tell when saturation with silver really > happens if the reason for not dissolving is due to something else. > > Any ideas how to remove the moisture? Adding grains of rice to the silver > oxide bottle? > > A tiny swig of the 1,000PPM had an effect on me, so I need to explore > higher concentrations (while staying out of the sun). > > David >