https://www.goldismoney2.com/threads/the-art-of-making-colloidal-silver-silver-ions-electrically-isolated-silver.61973/ The purpose of the thread was, and remains, an effort to provide accurate, honest, and non-commercial information to those interested in making the most effective form of colloidal Silver. The biggest problem with colloidal Silver is its name. If we call something colloidal, it merely means that it is held in suspension. For example, milk is colloidal butterfat. As it is homogenized, the fat particles will tend to stay in suspension because the particles have been agitated to the point where they are small enough to not combine and rise to the top. Now, what does this have to do with making colloidal Silver? It's not hard to understand why we want the smallest possible particles of Silver. Let's face it. We don't want any more metal of any kind in our body other than that what we need to stay well or help to heal a wound or infection. For a given total weight of the metal, small particles will result in a much greater surface area than large particles. For Silver to have any effect on the microbe, it has to come into contact with that microbe. For the sake of simplicity, let's consider our particles as spheres. If our particle is 100 nm in diameter, it will weigh the same as about 10,000 1 nm particles. What would have a better chance of getting to the bacteria we want to kill? 10,000 or one? "Colloidal silver" is sold with ratings of parts per million "PPM." This is the ratio of the weight of the water versus the weight of the Silver contained and suspended in the water. This measurement is made by the method of atomic absorption spectrophotometer. A sample is burned, and the light emitted includes spectral lines for Silver, the amplitude of which gives an indication of the parts per million, by weight. There is nothing in this method to distinguish between ions, "charged" particles and uncharged. It is straightforward for unscrupulous manufacturers of colloidal Silver to make and advertise "colloidal silver" with strengths of 20, 30, 50, or 500 PPM. All they have to do is generate large particles and coat them with a substance lighter than water so that they will stay in suspension. These solutions will have a color as the larger particles will block out portions of the ambient light trying to shine through the water. The larger the particles, the more color, beginning with light yellow. There is no real evidence to suggest that these solutions will do you harm, leading to a condition called argyria. They should be avoided because they will be relatively much less effective than a solution of silver ions. As you read through the thread, you will find numerous citations of serious, peer-reviewed studies illustrating the superiority of silver ions in killing bacteria to silver particles. The number of silver ions is measured in terms of electrical conductivity. When this thread started, the only instruments with the ability to measure this were quite expensive. The price of these has come down to a fantastic degree. An instrument capable of measuring ionic PPM within one or two ppm is now available on eBay for less than $10. If you're going to make colloidal silver "ionic" one of these should be the first thing that you purchase. The second thing is to make sure of is that you get genuine 9999 pure silver wire with a certificate of analysis from a reputable source. Other than that, all you need is a voltage source and a resistor to limit the current. A multimeter with the 2 V scale and an additional 1K resistor will allow you to measure your current in microamps. That is all you need to make perfect, clear colloidal Silver. With a certain amount of experimentation, you will be able to make your colloidal Silver of a quality equal to the offerings of commercial manufacturers.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Neville Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:44 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>True Colloidal Silver The thing is, the home made product using LVDC is NOT a true colloidal silver product, by any dictionary definition of a colloidal product, in this instance a metallic colloidal product. I'd have to wade through my literature on the subject by him, and others, however, Gibbs died in 2012, before he could actually complete his book, to my knowledge, so we don't know what he would have said regarding the subject further had he not died. As I have always said, I have my opinions, especially when it comes to "true colloids" in this instance, everyone else can discuss/debate and/or argue what constitutes "true colloidal silver". N. From: Phil Morrison <philmorrison...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2019 10:02 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> Subject: CS>True Colloidal Silver True colloidal silver is filled with mostly nano-particles (not ions), thus providing the optimum active surface area per unit of silver, and has a light golden color. EIS is a clear silver solution mostly filled with ions (not particles), which results in a lower health efficiency value per unit of silver than in true colloids. The difference between true colloids and solutions is very well explained in the article following: http://www.silver-colloids.com/Reports/reports.html?partner=37
