OK, I just took 4 oz of colloidal silver 5 ppm 80% ionic 20% colloidal and put it in several containers.
The first I left alone as a control. The second I added 1/2 teaspoon of Kodak D-76 deveolper to. It contains quinone and p-methylaminophenol sulfate. The third I added 1/4 teaspoon of salt to. The fourth I added 1/2 teaspoon of developer to, then later added 1/4 teaspoon of salt to. The fifth I use tap water and added 1/4 teaspoon of salt to it. The sixth I use tap water with 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of developer. This is what I got letting the tyndall of the pure CS be 1: 1. tyndall = 1, clear 2. tyndall = 1.5 clear 3. tyndall = 1.5 cloudy 4. tyndall = 2 to 2.5 cloudy 5. tyndall = .05 clear 6. tyndall = .05 clear I am letting them settle to see what happens next. It appears at least some of the ionic did plate out onto the particles, or made more particles when the developer was added. But the salt indicates that there are still ions left. Maybe I didn't let it sit long enough before adding the salt. Tyndall goes up by the 4th power of the particle mass if I remember right. But mass goes up by the 3rd power, so an increase of 50% in the tyndall should mean that the particles grew by about 50% in size. That is pretty significant, since a 50% increase in size of the particles should be about 3X increase in mass, or about 4:1. If all the ions had migrated to the particles then I would expect about a 5:1 increase in mass, well within my experimental error (estimating tyndall, even with filters is difficult). I will try the experiment later again, and let the developer and CS sit overnight before adding the salt. Marshall -- 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]>
