Hi James and all, I can't answer your question directly James, but I have a couple of questions myself.
"When current is applied to silver in solution the particles that break off will always be the same size: 1.26 angstroms (.000126 microns)." Or, 0.126 nm. "Simply put", this cannot be so, because the effective ionic radius of silver in water, a single atom, is 2.5 angstroms, or 0.25 nm. So the diameter will be 5 angstroms, Or, about four times the diameter of the alleged "will always be.. particle size'. A little alchemical transmutation there, or did the atom shrink in the water? Does anyone know Dr. Clark's source for that statement? The center-to-center distance of atoms in metallic silver is 288.9 pm, or 0.2889 nm. So, two Ag atoms, [ignoring effects of very small groups of atoms] will be about 0.5778 nm in overall "diameter" [they aren't round]. This is the smallest possible "colloidal" silver particle. Anything smaller will be a single atom, a monatomic ion: i.e. dissolved silver. If it is true that the particle size is always the same why do I see, in EM images of silver particles from a sol, discrete particles which are several times larger than others? Did these larger-than-0.126 nm particles [which obviously cannot exist, at least as what we define as silver...] form immediately from 1.26 angstrom particles after leaving the electrode? How, if the particles all have a positive charge? Is the force moving them away from the electrode large enough to smash them together in spite of the repulsive force due to the mutual positive charges? 0.5 nm size has been measured in HVAC sol which tests negative for monatomic silver [via ISE] in a sol with a range of 0.5 to 9 nm, but I do not know the size distribution. Also: "The charge slowly dissipates, and therefore the freshness of the colloid is important." How does the charge dissipate?. Where do the electrons come from? Who says? Some HVAC samples have remained unchanged for over a year. James Osbourne Holmes [email protected] FTNWO -----Original Message----- From: James Allison [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Dr Clark on CS > http://www.drclark.ch/bulletin/cs.htm The following are a couple of quotes from the above site, and then a question: "What exactly is Colloidal Silver (CS)? Simply put, colloids are extremely minute-sized silver particles suspended in water, with a positive electrical charge. The smaller the silver particles, the more effective it has proven to be. The best Colloidal Silver is produced at the molecular level. A small DC current is passed through an electrolyte with silver electrodes. Minute, molecular sized particles are drawn off the positive electrode, having a positive electrical charge. This electrical charge is of primary importance to healing and antibacterial qualities. The charge slowly dissipates, and therefore the freshness of the colloid is important." "When current is applied to silver in solution the particles that break off will always be the same size: 1.26 angstroms (.000126 microns)." Now, once again, can somebody please tell me how AC units make a better solution than LVDC units? Yours in health, James Allison --------------------------------------------- Allisons Apothecary - Your On-Line Apothecary Visit Us Soon - http://allisonsapothecary.com Home of the $39.95 Colloidal Silver Generator And Wonderful Prices On Quality Products Like MSM, Ionic Mineral Waters and Apricot Kernels --------------------------------------------- -- 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: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
