Parts per million [PPM] is not 'particles' per million. It is a measure of concentration not related to size of the particle. [milligrams per liter=parts per million] One silver chunk in a bottle of water could be 10,000 parts per million. Ken
At 06:13 AM 9/11/01 -0400, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dean T. Miller <dtmil...@midiowa.net> >To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:31 AM >Subject: Re: CS>controversy concerning concentrated CS > > >> Let's say we have two different bottles of CS, one yellow and one >> clear, both measured at 10 ppm. Let's also say that the particles of >> silver in the yellow CS are 10 times the size of the clear CS (yellow >> CS particles could be 100+ times larger than clear CS). >> >> Since the ppm is the same in both, the clear CS will have 10 times the >> number of silver particles as the yellow CS -- making it potentially >> 10 times more effective. Also, CS having smaller particles might have >> a better chance of getting into the body (that's conjecture, as I know >> of no research that has tested particle size in the body). > >Dean, >I understood everything you wrote except for one thing. If the PPM is the >same, how can one solution have 10 times the number of particles in it than >the other? > >Nina > > >-- >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: >silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
