Ode, I'm thinkng you may be correct. But do I get a constant voltage, even where initial conductivity is near zero? Perhaps I could start with a tiny amount of salt or soda, enough to get about 1.0uS. But if I end up with only about 100 ppm of silver, to be as economical as we would need to be I should perhaps forget about the distilled water, perhaps going for rain water -when- possible.
If I end up using tap water, ~150 ppm I'll get real mud. But is there likely to be anything in this that is a problem? After all, it's piped water that has had some treatment for physical chemical aspects. Then again, all the minerals in the water may prevent getting very far with the reaction. Perhaps I could then take the samples to a lab to check for the presence of silver, but if I remember correctly in atomic absorption the test is for the presence of ionic silver. Or I could weigh the electrodes before and after, then assume all the mud to be compunds of silver, but having had physical chemical tests, this would be compounds that would be harmless within a filter. I guess this is a rhetorical question. Do I make sense? I'm sure the answers are out there, just waiting to be grasped. Reid Ode Coyote said: If you're not concerned with particle size at high concentrations, and apparently you're not as you seem happy with a red result, going with constant voltage along with the run away problem will definitely be a lot faster than using current controls. However, it's not a long shot to wind up with a brown muddy emulsified mix that turns black the next day when the current gets really high. If you're just going to sinter all that into clay at high temperatures, black might not be a problem. Ode -- 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>
