Opps, you are right. Looks like the other people made the same mistake. Marshall
Frank Key wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > silver. > > > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > > > 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> > > > > > >
