Thanks Ivan, BTW, if in the future, if I don't formally thank you, please consider it pre-done, and we will save bandwidth and delete time on the list.
James Osbourne Holmes a...@trail.com -----Original Message----- From: Ivan Anderson [SMTP:i...@win.co.nz] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 1:43 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>RE:Particle size -LV and HV Hi James, Nothing so exotic, my friend. Just the valency state of the electron, x+, x++, x+++ and so on. Some atoms exist as +6 ions, gold for example has a predisposition for the +3 state. Ivan. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Osbourne, Holmes <a...@trail.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, 11 December 1999 13:13 Subject: RE: CS>RE:Particle size -LV and HV > Hello, > > "...correct in thinking of the zeta reading being quantised in distinct but > probably unequal steps..." Details? Part of an electron? I Know > "spin" can be fractional, but charge? > > Thanks again Ivan, > > James Osbourne Holmes > a...@trail.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivan Anderson [SMTP:i...@win.co.nz] > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 4:35 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>RE:Particle size -LV and HV > > > Hi Guys, > > > > May this mean that the tendency for particles to stay apart is a > function of Zeta? And Zeta is quantatized 1,2,3. > > > > James Osbourne Holmes > > a...@trail.com > > Exactly. > Chemists can adjust the stability of their colloids by adding > surfactants, salts etc, and quantifying the results with the zeta > potential. Paint for instance needs to spread easily and the pigment > needs to settle in a manner that does not form a dense mass so that it > may be stirred and spread though out the medium. Therefore the zeta > potential should be low, likewise many compound medicines. The > opposite is true for oils etc. > The zeta potential in these multidisperse systems would be analogue I > should think, but in monodisperse colloids I believe you may be > correct in thinking of the zeta reading being quantised in distinct > but probably unequal steps. > > Ivan > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> >
