Hi to all experts in labs and others that can provide comments: I know that PPM measurement is an important item to all people producing CS.
FYI - I have a BioGuard Multi-test 1200V (model name) that I used to check the water in my swimming pool. This kit performs 5 important pool and Spa tests. One of these tests is PPM reading. I paid a few years ago $30.00 Cdn for the kit. The kit comes with 5 different liquid (reagent) to perform the various tests. If I understand correctly, PPM is a measure of parts per million in a liquid. (I presume referring to some sort of metal or material in that liquid). I have used this kit to measure PPM in the CS that I have produced and according to the reading, my CS would read between 10 - 20 PPM. The accuracy of the result is +/- 10, due to one drop of a specific liquid used to test the water represents 10PPM. It is not very accurate, But I wonder if this would represent a better picture of PPM in the CS than the TDS-1. My TDS-1 reads 5 on the digital readout while this swimming tool kit would read between 10 - 20 PPM. My CS is produced using a 30Vdc power supply with 0 ppm distilled water (heated water to speed up the process) and using continous stirring. No current limiting used on this batch and the producing time was for 2hrs. What I would like to know from the experienced people dealing with PPM what comments they could provide about using this crude test to measure PPM. I know that again it reads a total, but if you start with pure nickel and pure distilled water and insert only silver in the water, the final result must be majority silver... I understand very well that the best measurement is from a lab. However, it is not practical for many people to carry out and if this could give them an approximate reading, perhaps that it may help some of us. I would like your recommendation as far as this kit is concerned. We know enough about TDS-1 now, we should comment only on this kit if possible to avoid confusion. I want to thank the people in advance that will take the time to provide useful comments. Gaston ================================================ -- 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>