Hi all, Mike Fuller, my understanding of the process is: electron current travels from the cathode (negative silver electrode) --> through the water to the --> anode (positive silver electrode). This electron current drags the silver off the cathode and the silver is adopted by the molecules of water that forms the electronic current path to the anode. The molecule of water that has adopted the silver becomes more conductive, thence the increase in electronic current flow as the process continues. The larger the electronic current, the larger the silver particle that will be dragged off the cathode. I'm assuming most producers using #14 silver wire has spare wire, if you have, then you could use two cathodes in a triangular arrangement relative to the anode, but twice the distance then usual, away from the anode. The effect of doing this would be to double the resistance between each cathode relevant to the anode, but each cathode would supply half the usual electron current flowing to the anode. >From my observations small electronic current will produce small bubbles at the cathode, when the cathode is further away from the anode and a much larger current will produce large bubbles, plus, one can see the particles streaming from one electrode through the water to the other electrode, (this is the opposite of what we want, we are intending to produce small particles), when the electrodes are closer to each other. Stirring the water moves the molecules of water that have just taken on the particle of silver out of the electron current path, replacing it with molecules that have not yet adopted silver particles, plus the centrifugal action on the water would tend to force the heavier molecules towards the outer perimeter of the container and out of the electron current path that flows between the electrodes.
The air bubbling system causes movement of the water, but not as I described above, I just spotted it in your post as I was cleaning it up in preparation to post this one. I'll post this as is for my own benefit, if any corrections apply. All corrections to the above is welcome. Namaste, Leo. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fuller" <car...@touch88.com.au> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:44 PM Subject: Re: CS>Results of ppm calculator lab test > Hi all, > > A question for the technical minded. The conclusion that Herx and Bob came > to regarding the size of the cathode had me intrigued, because it would be > good to reduce silver buildup. > > > Bob and I believe that the most important factor is the surface area of > > the cathode (size of the anode is not relevant here). Unfortunately, I > > used rather large cathodes when generating the samples I sent to Bob for > > analysis. > snip > > Bob and I hypothesize that a cathode with very little surface area will > > not allow significant amounts of Ag to plate, > > If I were to reduce the thickness of my cathode substantially, in a constant > current system with air bubbling, would that alter the speed of CS > generation? > > Thanks, > > Mike Fuller -- 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>
