"Mike Monett" <[email protected]> wrote: [...]
> Let's face the issue. You have a pathogen that if you allow it, > will cause you great harm or kill you. > This does not lend itself to diplomacy or negotiation. There is > only one correct response, and that is utter, complete destruction > and total obliteration of the pathogen. In many cases, silver ions > are invaluable depending on the threat. In other cases, copper > ions may be the best answer. > My designs incorporate both. But are there other answers we should > be looking for? If so, how do we find them? To give an example, silver and copper ions are fairly well understood in the literature, and they are extremely effective against pathogens. But what about other metals, such as zinc? It is readily available, performs exceptionally well in electrolysis, and should be deadly to pathogens. Like copper, the chloride is very soluble (4320 g/L (25C)), where silver chloride has very limited solubility (ppb or sub-ppb in the absence of ammonia.) Where silver has a problem with sulfur making insoluble silver tarnish (Ag2S), copper has a problem with oxygen, making CuO or Cu2O. These form contamination products when you try to use them in electrolysis, and they destroy the process. But zinc doesn't seem to be bothered by either. Just look at any carbon-zinc battery. The outside is pure zinc. It never seems to be bothered by unwanted oxides or sulfides. The only problem is when the electrolyte breaks through the shell, then everything gets real messy. But we don't have to deal with that. When you put zinc in electrolysis, it behaves beautifully - it immediately migrates to the cathode, where it plates out. There are no hydroxide problems to deal with, and no unexpected responses anywhere. It just goes and does its thing. Is this the metal we need to explore? So many questions. So little time... Thanks, Mike -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
