Arnold, I may be mistaken, but isn't the objective to put small silver particles into suspension not ions or is this an issue of the terms being used. As I understand it, AG+ isn't very useful once it gets into the stomach, but is very useful for topical/sublingual application.
Because I haven't finished figuring out how to make high quality colloidal silver (with very little AG+), I have been buying mine from Frank Rey (www.purestcolloids.com). Yes, it is expensive, but my sister has breast cancer and I am not going to muck about with unknown things for her. Oddly, while everyone says that the yellow-amber color is a sign of AG+, that is the color that comes from Frank Rey. And he does have access to the equipment (or should I say owns) to test what he makes. I have been using constant current (have a small circuit board made up) method, at very low current levels (0.2uA/square inch of electrode) and found that it produces more crud than moving up to .2mA/square inch of electrode. Somewhere in here lies a better number. I also believe that reversing current direction may be an important part of this, which means that both electrodes need to be made of silver. Also, a chemist friend of mine who has some experience with colloids stated emphatically that you need to use de-ionized water, which, interestingly enough, is what Frank Rey's cs is made with. I believe that having de-ionized water is a major factor in getting a good colloidal silver. Going to be testing that here shortly, as soon as I can find de-ionized water. Ciao, Craig Arnold Beland wrote: > > Craig, > > .2 is correct. Ivan did some very good work on this in the group some time > ago. Are you still there, Ivan? > The idea is to start with very few ions of any type. This will mean, > especially with low voltage, that the current will be very low at the start. > Silver ions will be released from the anode and will start on their journey > to the cathode. Again, because the voltage is low, the speed is relatively > low. Using a relatively small spacing between the anode and cathode at the > start can speed up the process. As more silver ions enter the solution, the > effective resistance of the cell will decrease until the voltage drop across > the cell is in the order of 2 volts. At this point, the solution will have > all the ions it can hold and they will be silver ions, not ions formed by > stirring or blowing in air. > > Arnold > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Chamberlin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Arnold Beland" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:38 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Testers > > > Arnold, > > > > Which value is correct: 0.2 or 2 uA/square mm electrode? > > > > Also, shouldn't deionized water produce much less ionic silver? > > > > 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: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
