Actually an alloy might be better. Pure silver does not dissolve in water at all, and does not form bonds with anything to make it soluble very easily. However, if you connect silver and copper, you form a crude battery, which will then develop a current, that will then allow the silver to form colloidal silver.
Thus, it seems possible that if you put an alloy of silver and copper into an electrolyte, the copper should react with cations such as sulfates ions, and create a current that causes the silver atoms to get pulled into the liquid where they might form a colloid. A thought anyway. Marshall Tel Tofflemire wrote: > Not many us coins are pure silver. Only one I know is a commemorative $5.00 > Canada Silver Maple Leaf coin. US coins have nickel, tin and who knows > what all, but Not much pure silver. > Tel > Dewey, AZ > > Nicole K wrote: > > > Hi List members, > > > > I was thinking about the coins the wagon train settlers used to keep their > > milk fresh - silver coins in the milk jugs. I'm assuming this is true and > > wondered if simply sucking on a pure silver coin would do anything to allay > > the onset of throat infection or sore throat. I guess it wouldn't be as > > effective as taking the colloid. > > > > Anyone have any opinions on this?? > > ________________________________________________ > > Pacific Pine Cones - scented, coloured, plain for Christmas crafts & decor > > - pine, spruce, redwood. Send an email request for product/price list. > > > > -- > > 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>