In a message dated 6/23/01 5:53:44 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: CS>bicarbonate of soda Date: 6/23/01 5:53:44 AM EST From: [email protected] (Ode Coyote) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] The concern was over chlorine not sodium. However, if the chlorine does react with the silver,,,what happens to the sodium? Sodium hydroxide [lye] would be my guess Ken >>
Ken: I guess it depends on the anion one assumes to be associated with the Ag+ when it was generated while making CS. Since both Ag+ and silver particulate are produced during CS electrolysis, and it is the charge on the CS particles that maintains their separation, it is not unreasonable to assume that Ag+ is present on the surface of these particles, and may not be associated with a corresponding anion such as OH-. Could the following reaction occur when NaCl solution is added to precipitate silver chloride? NaCl + [Ag+] + H2O ---------------> AgCl(s) + NaOH + [H+] Since NaOH is soluble, what may occur is that Na+ ties up the OH- part of the water molecule, releasing H+ as silver drops out. Since the Na+ would "tie up" OH- much, much more tightly than H+, the pH may actually fall not rise. In other words, after silver drops out, the Na+ may reduce the activity coefficient of OH- and increase the activity coefficient of H+. Therefore, It would be interesting the check pH before and after precipitating silver chloride to see if my hypothesis holds water (pun definitely intended, ha,ha) 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]>
