Ivan - inertial effects are completely negligible in any electrolysis setup. The relaxation time (roughly a dividing line between resistive and inertial response) for ions in water is I think of the order of 10^-13 seconds or so. Even taking the electrolysis setup - container plus DW plus electrodes, as a capacitor, the electrical system relaxation time would be much less than a microsecond. The rise and fall in current is undoubtedly a consequence of the electrodeposition and subsequent dispersal of a semi-insulating deposit on the electrodes - the 'plate-out' of silver. Current fluctuation is mirroring electrode surface resistance fluctuation.
regards, Kevin Nolan ----- Original Message ----- From: "I Anderson" <i...@win.co.nz> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: RE: CS>Polarity Switch Experiment > Steve, > > As I understand the passage of current in aqueous systems. > > The passage of current is wholly dependent upon the movement of ions. > As ions have size and weight, they also have inertia and drag and > therefore will lag the application of potential and change in > polarity. Indeed, with the change in polarity the ions must slow down > and reverse their direction, therefore there will be a moment when no > current flows at all, then a build up in current as the ions reach > their terminal velocity. As this occurs for each change in polarity, > the amount of current that flows per unit time is necessarily less for > switching circuits than for non-switching circuits. > > I dare say it is not the resistance that changes in your solution > (after all, the number of ions is the same) but rather the current, > and this is the reason you notice a changing voltage. > > Regards > Ivan. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: S & J Young [mailto:you...@konnections.net] > > Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 2:16 p.m. > > To: *Silver-List* (E-mail) > > Subject: Re: CS>Polarity Switch Experiment > > > > > > 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 > > > -- > 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> >
