Reid, The strange thing is that all bacteria are destroyed instantly at the contact with the ceramic. Do you have one Katadyn filter or saw one? I opened one and the clusters are really big, supposedly are ionic silver... You said that the ceramic is the disinfectant medium that contains the silver. I have one filter that is in use today, water negative to coli pathogens, and was in use for 38 years! No silver reduction... I weighted it 38 years ago and today same weight. These silver granules are forever? No silver matter lost? Alex P.S. I will perform the next experiment at the University of Baja California: Take out the silver granules from a Katadyn filter and test the coli concentration, then add again these silver granules to again test the coli concentration. Of course with Mexican water... What do you think? Some suggestions?
-----Original Message----- From: Reid Harvey [mailto:pott...@wlink.com.np] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 6:01 PM To: silver list Subject: RE: CS>3200 ppm CS in 1 & 2 liter sizes - and CS filters Alex, Thanks for your continuing information on Microdyn and CS in Mexico. If only other poor countries would adopt the use of CS! Allow me to make a small correction on what you've said about Katadyn filters and more specifically silver saturated ceramic filters in general. Some of these filters do contain silver materials in the inner void of the candle, but the pathogen removal happens inside the ceramic medium. This is because small clusters of atoms or molecules of silver metal and/ or silver oxide are dipersed thoughout the medium. On contact with the silver the pathogens are killed (some say rendered harmless). I doubt the silver material thats in the inner void of the candle has much effect, since its active surface area is relatively little. By contrast the active surface area of the silver within the medium is immense, and pathogens are forced into intimate contact with this. Imagine that a 1.0 gram ingot of silver may have a surface area of something like 0.2 cms. sq., just a guess on my part. But break that ingot up into clusters of atoms, saturate the filter with it and you may end up with something like 100 sq. meters of active surface area. It is this silver, situated in the ceramics that the pathogens encounter as they wend their tortuous way through the filter. Regards, Reid Alex Torres wrote: ........The Katadyn filter destroys COMPLETELLY ALL fungus, bacteria, spores or virus. I tested and analyzed at the University the purity of this water. Zero bacteria, no coli bacteria. Do you know what's inside the filter? Silver granules! No more, no less, encased in a ceramic that traps the BIG particles............ -- 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> --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003
