Hi Ya'all, There are two general types of CS generators; constant voltage and constant current.
1.) with either method constant stirring reduces the agglomeration of silver ions, and should result in a weaker T.E. for a given PPM. (first step) In any manufacturing operation the product made will have a distribution for a particular parameter. The distribution curve is generally a bell shaped curve. If the process is under control the center of the bell will be the desired parameter. The + or - three sigma limit is set by the equipment used. Poor equipment will have a very wide range and top notch equipment will have a narrow range. We never can realize the ideal of a single point. 2.) With the average IR laser the wavelength of the IR light is about 680 nanometers. If all CS particles were smaller than 680 nm then there would be no T.E. Since there is a distribution of particles in the CS then the brightness of the T.E. is a direct indication of particle sizes. Which could be correlated to bioavailability. 3.) The second step to standardization would be to meter the current in a constant voltage system or the cell voltage in a constant current system. In a constant voltage system the current will increase at an increasing rate up to a point. Then the rate of increase will stop and actually reverse. When the increasing rate starts to slow down (can be seem if data is plotted during the brew cycle) agglomeration has set in and the T.E. will start to get brighter. 4.) Step #3 is to plot the current or voltage with time to observe what is happening. As in #2 above. 5.) The initial cell current in a constant voltage system is your best measure of the water quality. If one will data plot then a history can be obtained for your process so as the water quality varies you will know when to shut off the system. 6.) If one measures with a Hanna type meter it will be found that the conductivity will change with time, so note the reading after brew and 24, and 48 hours later for data plotting. Then if one has an AA or spectrophotometer reading made for a stable product a bench mark has been reached to the standardization of your individual system, and then we can talk about relative ppm of CS with some degree of accuracy. This might seem to be a lot of work, but stop and consider the value of being able to talk intelligently about the results that one can get with ones CS. The work by Stephen Quinto shows a remarkable difference in "killing power" between 9 ppm (fair) and 12 ppm (very good) for Staph and Ecoli1 and Ecoli2. So having a reasonable knowledge of your product may mean the success or failure in what you are trying to accomplish. Sorry for the harangue. "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...@eskimo.com>
