I believe you would be making silver carbonate. It is soluble in water, and is light sensitive, which means that it could cause argyria.
See http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/SI/silver_I_carbonate.html Marshall Nenah Sylver wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Harris" <yr...@cfl.rr.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:53 PM > Subject: RE: CS>RE: sick from cs > > > Hi Nenah, > > The other 97% is purified water--the 3% is Stabilized Hydrogen peroxide. > > Unless you purchase the 35% food grade and dilute with distilled water, you > > are using regular medicinal H2O2 which is fine and much easier and safer. > > The food grade, 35%, is highly explosive; the cosmetic grade, 6%, is > > explosive as is the medicinal grade, 3%. Handle each carefully, without > > shaking and keep away from heat. I believe they store it in dark plastic > > bottles, since flying glass bottles in explosion is so dangerous. > > Best regards, > > Richard Harris, 56 yr FL Phamacist > > Thanks Richard. I didn't ask the original question (what's the other 97% of > the > 3% Hydrogen Peroxide solution), but it's still good to get the details. I use > only food grade and love it. > > As long as we're on the topic, I have a question for you or anyone else about > the effects of baking soda in my distilled water when I make CS. I just made > my > first batch of CS using baking soda, and I'm not totally comfortable with the > results. > > I don't have a meter so I'm not able to read particle size or concentration -- > OR see what else is in the water -- but from the taste, it's clear that the > baking soda is prominent. > > My questions are: > > 1) Is the silver still effective? > > 2) Are there any dangerous compounds in the fluid (or compounds that might > give > one argyria)? > > I'd really appreciate knowing this, as I'd love to start using the CS again. > > Perhaps I used too much baking soda. Richard, Bob, Trem, Ode? Anyone? > > Thanks much. > Nenah > > -- > 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>
