At 11:33 AM 8/1/01 -0400, you wrote: >Someone wrote: > >> >"The color of the sol has to do with the particle size, not the >> concentration. > >This is NOT true. Color is determined by particle size, concentration and >dispersion. ############### Color is determined by particle size >Concentration and dispersion controls depth of color and degrees of opacity or murkyness.
But, as the >concentration increases, generally so does the particle size, >> hue and depth of color."' > >The particle size does NOT increase with concentration for ALL processes used >to produce colloids. It generally does with the electrochemical processes >commonly used by hobbiests. ##### Agreed, but with stirring, the threshold increases. Add current control and the threshold increases further. Perhaps some HVAC process can make a colorless CS at beyond 30 PPM > >> However, I don't understand where H2O2 fits into all this. Does it dissolve >> the ionic silver? And what's the chemical reaction in the dissolving >> process? > >Ionic silver is already dissolved silver. H2O2 does ionized silver particles and thus convert them into ionic (dissolved) silver. ### Whis is about as small as one can go. Ken > >frank key > > >-- >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]> > >
