The grey stuff is metallic silver which has plated out. Both ionic and metallic colloids seem to have a similar effectiveness. The black coating on the anode may be silver oxide or just silver undergoing dissolution from the bulk metal. No harm will be done by ingesting silver oxide (my opinion).
Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Chamberlin [mailto:c...@itsmyplace.com] > Sent: Monday, 12 November 2001 11:29 a.m. > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: CS>Ionic Silver vs Colloidal Silver and grey stuff > > > Greetings, > > Which is which, and which is the good stuff, or are they both good? > > WRT the grey stuff, I am using a stainless steel cathode > (brass, copper > make the water very metallic tasting to me), is this silver oxide? > > The anode, which obviously is silver, turns quite black, is this also > silver oxide? > > Thank you, > > Craig Chamberlin > -- 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>
