It allows much more to dissolve in the water and not be unstable than pure CS
would be.  Silver citrate has good solubility.

Marshall

"Jonathan B. Britten" wrote:

> Do you have any idea of the logic behind adding the citric acid?   I am
> not a chemist and can not venture even an uneducated guess.  Is there
> any underlying logic apparent to a chemist?
>
> On Saturday, Sep 6, 2003, at 06:23 Asia/Tokyo, Frank Key wrote:
>
> > Ion Chromatograph has confirmed that citrate is the anion in WaterOz
> > Ionic
> > Silver.
> >
> > Silver citrate at a concentration of 100 ppm (WaterOz) can cause
> > argyria if
> > caution is not exercised in how much is consumed.
> >
> > Silver citrate can be produced by electrolysis by using  a "colloidal
> > silver
> > generator" of either HVAC or DC type design. By adding citric acid to
> > the DI
> > water before starting the process, citrate will become the companion
> > anion
> > when silver cations are added to the solution by electrolysis.
> >
> > The ph will be neutral when the silver cations balance the available
> > citrate
> > anions.
> >
> >
> > frank key
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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