In a message dated 7/2/01 8:31:38 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: CS>Angyia Date: 7/2/01 8:31:38 AM EST From: [email protected] (Robert L. Berger) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Frank; Silver oxide is not stasble at room temperature. "Ole Bob" >>
Bob: Thermodynamically speaking, pure silver oxide is stable at room temperature. However, it is easily reduced to silver metal from a wide variety of sources (such as tiny amounts of organic material which could have separated from filter paper) that may be found as impurities, intimately mixed with the EXTREMELY SMALL (read, potentially reactive) silver oxide precipitate. And since we a dealing with only a few PPM silver to begin with, it doesn't take very much of these reducing agents to make it APPEAR that silver oxide is unstable at room temperature. For a practical point of view, however, the distinction I just described is moot, so you are quite right. 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]>
