I remember storing CS in #1 plastic and a couple of days later, there was a yellow film on it. I'm now wondering if the plastic didn't take on a positive charge some how, attract the CS? Any thoughts fellow CS'ers?
Cheers, Steven Geigle Cedar Mill, Oregon, USA sgei...@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: James Osbourne, Holmes <a...@trail.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:46 AM Subject: RE: CS>TDS1 & PWT > Hi Steve and all, > > High Density Poly Ethylene; HDPE is said to put nothing in the water. I > wrote Nalgene about their resin's surface charge characteristics and they > said they do not know and refereed me to a analytical chem text. > > Because it puts nothing in the water does not necessarily mean that it does > not take from or affect what is in the water. > > Glass is soluble in distilled water. I don't remember the details, but > probably have some info on that in my files/piles. > > Nalgene says that their HDPE is "Excellent" for the storage of DW at both > 20C and 50C. > > James Osbourne Holmes > a...@trail.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Geigle [SMTP:sgei...@home.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:21 AM > To: SILVER-LIST > Subject: Re: CS>TDS1 & PWT > > Thanks for your wonderfully helpful posts, Bob. I wade through all the > off-topic posts looking for your post and others who are doing some hard > research on this topic. > > By the way can you and/or other experts develop some sort of standard for > visually determining the size of colloids or strength of solution? I know > there are quite a few variables. I stick with clear solution registering a > strong TE. Make sense? > > I'm still wondering about using plastic. Sure, the silver will move around > in the DW for years potentially, but won't they lose their effectiveness if > they gain electrons? Can plastic gain/loose electrons (be affected by > static electricity)? Isn't glass a better insulator preventing capactive > or > actual transfer of electrons from outside to silver ions? > > Cheers, > > Steve Geigle > sgei...@home.com > > > Hi Ya'all, > > > > Just a note on reviewing one of my many development samples of CS, made > > on 8/12/99 which had a ppm = 41, and was colorless. > > > > The following tabulation I believe will lay at rest the idea that an > > electrical meter can measure ppm !! > > > > 8/29/99; 41 pp; 47 uS > > 9/14/99; 52 ppm; N.A. > > 11/26; ppm N.A.; 85 uS > > 4/5/00; 38 ppm; 98 uS > > > > This material is stored in a clear 1/2 liter coke bottle on a table top > > subject to the fluorescent lights of my lab. It is still clear, but it > > has developed a very slight tinge of gold and the T.E. is medium in > > brightness and width. > > > > "Ole Bob" > > > > > > -- > > 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> > > >
