1.44 A is the atomic radius, the diameter is twice the radius.

frank key

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Dudley" <mdud...@execonn.com>
To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: CS>Particle Size Question


> "General Chemistry", ninth edition, Holtzclaw, Robinson and Odom,
published by
> D.C. Health and Company 1991, lists silver has having a diameter of 1.44
> angstroms and a silver ion as 1.26 angstroms.  (The 6th edition also lists
the
> same thing.) I can find no references that show anything near 2.88 A for
the
> diameter.
>
> Marshall
>
> Frank Key wrote:
>
> > Silver particles don't break off. They are formed in the ionic solution
when
> > current passes through the ionic silver converting the ions back to
silver
> > atoms. The atoms are drawn together by the van der waals' force to form
> > particles.
> >
> > There is no such thing as a silver particle 1.26 angstroms in diameter.
The
> > silver atom is 2.88 A units in diameter or 0.288 nm. For particle sizes
see
> > : http://www.silver-colloids.com/Tables/Agradvolarea.PDF
> >
> > Most particles formed by the electrolysis process are much larger, being
in
> > the 10 to 90 nm range. Typically, 90% of the silver contributed by the
> > electrodes winds up as ionic silver and 10% is particles.
> >
> > frank key
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jrowl...@nctimes.net>
> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:42 PM
> > Subject: CS>Particle Size Question
> >
> > > > Can anyone verify the following:
> > > >
> > > > > When applying current to silver in solution, metallic silver will
> > always
> > > > >
> > > > > break off at the same size, 1.26 angstroms (.00001 microns).
> > > > >
> > > > > This particle is so small that the next stop on the road to
smallness
> > is
> > > > >
> > > > > the atom itself.
> > > > >
> > > > http://www.herbalremedies.com/readmorabcol.html#8
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > jr
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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