The hydroxide radicals are already there in the dyhydrogen monoxide which composes 99.9999% of the CS. This is nothing more than H(OH) a hydrogen ion and an hydroxide radical. If any hydrogen bubbles off, then the hydroxide radical is freed.
BTW here is an msds on the substance: http://www.radix.net/~fornax/me/msdsdhmo.html and a complete web site devoted to it: http://www.dhmo.org/ which states: "Its basis is the unstable radical Hydroxide, the components of which are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. " Of course to most of us, we call it water. Marshall Reid Harvey wrote: > Kevin, > First off I should say that we produce concentrated CS using de-ionized > water, of TDS less than 10. I am unclear as to just where the > dissociated hydroxide ions are coming from. > Reid > > Kevin Nolan wrote: > Silver hydroxide would not be a salt, but rather a base. IE sodium > hydroxide is lye. Marshall" > > Technically speaking, that is true. But silver hydroxide is a very weak > base, and in fact it's pH is lower than many > 'genuine' salts. The point is, it exists in solution as dissociated ions > - not as colloidal silver particles. Owing to claims > made on the list that nitrate ion was the main problem with silver > nitrate (even though argyria is a deposited silver > condition), the question arises as to what species or combination of > species potentially does the damage, and under > what conditions. I think there is general agreement that unrealistically > massive doses are required before home brew > 'CS' would be a problem. But I got the impression that silver nitrate > could cause trouble at much lower relative dosage - > ie it's not just a matter of silver ion dosage alone. Nitrate is a known > carcinogen (less so than nitrite), and an irritant at > high enough concentration. But is argyria solely due to the high silver > dosage possible with silver nitrate (very high > solubility), or is there some kind of synergy effect as well? Anything > taken to excess will cause trouble. The gist is > this - do certain anions, innocuous of themselves (eg, acetate, citrate) > somehow significantly and selectively 'promote' > toxicity of silver ion relative to say, silver hydroxide at the same > concentration? Maybe there is simply no definitive > data on that, but if there is it would be a good thing to know. > > regards, Kevin Nolan > > -- > 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>
