Go to your local scrap yard and get a piece. It will probably be a 90-6-4 alloy which wont oxidize and is essentially inert. Worth about $3 lb. as scrap.
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” -Will Rogers > On Jun 17, 2016, at 6:52 AM, Ode Coyote <silverpuppy1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Palladium is second best to Platinum and costs half as much. Titanium is > cheaper than either and is corrosion resistant, but in nature is found as > Titanium Oxide..it does "rust" eventually, but Titanium Oxide is very inert > [as is Aluminum Oxide] > > If your water ionizer uses tap water or there is a recommendation to use a > buffer such as salt, the alkaline result is due to the presence of a metal > hydroxide vs the Hydroxyl OH[-] ion of water. > > It's far easier and cheaper to just put a few crystals of Draino in a glass > of water. > > Ode > >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Nenah Sylver <nenahsyl...@cox.net> wrote: >> To all the smart and clever people on this list: >> >> >> >> I remember a discussion of water ionizers on this egroup and figured you >> would know the answer to my questions. Several years ago I bought a water >> ionizer unit (the “Athena”), which malfunctioned a couple of times. After >> dealing with a corrupt, inept, greedy company—whose inferior packing in fact >> contributed to breakage on at least one occasion—I convinced my >> great-with-tools-and-building-things significant other that as long as we >> had a unit in our possession that couldn’t be used in its current state, he >> might as well open it up and see about fixing it himself. >> >> >> >> So he went onto You Tube and watched a few videos on how to create a water >> ionizer, and is now in the process of trying to repair it. >> >> >> >> My question concerns the material comprising the electrodes. Obviously, >> stainless steel is not a good material for water ionizer electrodes, because >> we don’t want heavy metal to contaminate the water. The best homemade >> ionizers (and I’m assuming commercially manufactured ones too) use >> electrodes made of titanium. >> >> >> >> Some sellers of JUST the electrodes coat the titanium electrodes with >> palladium, claiming that the palladium is inert and will prevent the >> titanium from tarnishing (and thus releasing metallic ions into the water). >> However, after doing some research on titanium, I discovered that besides >> being the 9th most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust, titanium is made >> into airplanes because comparatively speaking it’s not very heavy and >> DOESN’T RUST. So, is it necessary to use a palladium-covered set of titanium >> rods for electrodes? >> >> >> >> This may be a moot point for me now. Either my unit will be repaired, or >> we’ll use its electrodes in a homemade unit. However, I still wonder about >> the materials used for water ionizer electrodes. >> >> >> >> I appreciate your input. Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Nenah >> >> >> >> Nenah Sylver, PhD >> >> author, The Rife Handbook >> >> of Frequency Therapy and Holistic Health >> >> healing from cancer and other diseases >> >> with non-invasive, effective technology >> >> suppressed by the medical cartel until recently >> >> www.nenahsylver.com >> >
