Ivan, Remember my generator produces a constant current, so the current can't dip at reversal. Instead, the voltage goes up to maintain the constant current. In other words, the solution's apparent conductivity goes down (resistance goes up) for a few seconds at reversal. Or, the coatings on the electrodes behave like semiconductors (partial diodes) for a while until they are restructured. I don't have a clue what is happening at the atomic level. Perhaps the ions just get confused at reversal, wander around haplessly for a while wondering why they are suddenly going the wrong way on a one-way street , they get reoriented again??
--Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "I Anderson" <i...@win.co.nz> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:41 PM Subject: RE: CS>Polarity Switch Experiment > Nice test Steve, thanks. > > What is interesting is that at polarity > > reversal time, the > > voltage rises up and settles back to the pre-switch voltage > > in just a few > > seconds. Thus one would think the production strength would > > not be affected > > more than 10% or so instead of over 50%. > > Well it is not the voltage that indicates the rate of silver > dissolution. The current dip and restoration will be more indicative, > and as Kevin mentioned, some of the energy will used in undoing what > was done in the last cycle, and as he mentioned later, it is likely > that a higher proportion of metallic colloid particles are produced. A > test of total silver content for both runs would be very interesting. > > Ivan -- 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>
