In a message dated 6/12/01 7:20:42 PM EST, [email protected] writes: << Roger wrote: > Another question... Why don't the ions "plate out" on the particles > > anyway, specially, as Frank says, the particles carry a neutral charge? > > Silver ions do have a strong tendency to reduce back to the metal. Roger For an ion to become a metallic particle (atom) is must take on an electron. Unless an electron is supplied to make the atom "whole" again, it remains an ion. Ions remain dispersed in the water due mutual repulsion caused by their "ionic charge" so would normally remain dispersed unless coerced into some other behavior. >>
Frank: I was thinking more along the lines of the mechanism(s) similar to those that are responsible for the reduction of ionic silver in silver salt solutions such as silver nitrate. Isn't it true that sunlight alone can reduce silver ions to metallic silver? Hence that cautionary note to store silver nitrate is colored bottles, AND out of sunlight. Could someone explain the mechanism that is responsible for this reduction. Roger -- 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]>
