Mike Monett wrote: > url: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m61109.html > Re: CS> H2O2, ag(+), NaCl > From: Frank Key > Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:06:42 > > > Mike Monett wrote: > > Current consists of electrons flowing through the electrically > conductive ionic solution. > > Ions that take on an electron will restore the outermost orbit (that > was missing an electron) and change the ion back into an atom.
Huh? Current in ionic solutions is carried by ions. Ions will only restore back to an atom by taking on an electron if they are positive ions, negative ions require the loss of an electron to revert back to an atom. Electronic flow in a electrolyte is nil if there is any at all. Take water and sodium hydroxide as an example. If you flow electricity through it, then the OH- goes to the anode, constituting a conventional current flow in the opposite direction. The Na+ moves to the cathode constituting a conventional current flow in the same direction, and upon receiving an electron, immediately reacts with the water producing NaOH again and releasing an H atom. The OH combines with another OH which has lost an electron, producting water and an oxygen atom. Thus current flow is composed of two sets of ions, positive Na and negative OH, flowing in opposite directions. Electrons tend to only flow in materials with outer shells that have free electrons. This for the most part will be metals. Marshall -- 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>
