Why do the grey whiskers get formed on the electrode?
If you put a barrier, I used a paper towel, you see they form on the
paper. Shaking it loose, it fell to the bottom. Adding hydrogen
peroxide dissolved it to a clear seemingly fine batch.
max
On 5/9/2012 6:09 AM, Ode Coyote wrote:
At 02:46 AM 5/9/2012 +1030, you wrote:
Well, here's another take on it. And I don't mean to tread on
anyones toes, just stating my opinion.
I personally don't subscribe to the reverse polarity business. It's
fine for those who prefer to set and forget, but every time that
polarity is automatically reversed, whatever hydroxides blah blah
that appears on the electrode will be removed {blown off} from that
electrode - and where does that stuff end up? it remains in the
water, in whatever form, and probly ends up laying on the surface of
the water or on the bottom of the storage vessel which means one will
have to either decant or filter it out. If I'm wrong here, then I am
sure someone will state as much quick enough, but then that's why we
are here is it not - opinion exchange.
## I used to think that, and if the current is high, [or stir speed
too fast] it likely does get blown off.
After slowing his stir speed down to 30 RPM, Fred Sprague [Smart
Silver / Custom electronics LLC, a polarity reversing controlled
current gen] solved a problem that had mystified him for 7
years....mega sparklies. [Silver Hydroxide chunks in the water]
However, after much experimentation it would seem that the byproducts
are re converted back into their respective former components for the
most part...saving you a lot of silver and reducing bottom sludge and
cleaner electrodes too.
Ode
