Hello Matthew, Re: "Thus, dilution could enhance potency, a phenomenon that has actually been observed." I know that Brooks Bradley's group has long said that 3 to 5 mg/L is very effective. Do you have any cites related to your above quote? TIA JOH
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew McCann PE [mailto:mmcc...@franciscan.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 4:21 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>Brownian Motion Good morning, James, The Van der Waals force may be an important part of CS, by enveloping Ag nanocrystals in a wrapping of waters of hydration, perhaps even several layers of waters of hydration. If so, this might explain oligodynamism. Ag nanocrystals wrapped in thick layers of attached water might need plenty of inter-particulate distance to avoid interacting with each other. Thus, dilution could enhance potency, a phenomenon that has actually been observed. Matthew
