I agree, silver oxide is a conductor. Most metallic oxides are poor conductors and I am surprised by this. I knew silver sulfide was a conductor, but not silver oxide.
Thanks for the correction. Marshall Mike Monett wrote: > Re: CS>Adding peroxide to CS > From: Marshall Dudley > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:51:18 > > > Mike Monett wrote: > > >> So the basic conclusions remain as before. The black stuff is > >> oxide. > > > Scrape off a small amount of the black stuff, and put it in a > > glass of distilled water and warm. If it dissolves slowly, it is > > silver oxide, if it does not then it is either silver peroxide, or > > finely divided silver powder. If it conducts electricity, it > > silver metal. > > > Marshall > > Silver oxide conducts almost as well as silver metal. Where do you > think silver oxide batteries are used, besides hearing aids and your > cpu clock? In high energy density applications where high discharge > rate is essential. Witness the batteries used in subminiature > electric helicopters. Silver oxide, almost exclusively. Mercury > batteries are avaiable in the same size range, but won't put out the > current. > > The soft black stuff on the electrodes is oxides or hydroxides. The > gray sludge on the cathode is pure silver metal. Just add H2O2 and > view the difference in reaction rate. I believe Ken just posted info > on this, but I have to read his post carefully to be sure. > > The remaining problem in considering the black stuff to be silver > metal is to give balanced equations showing how it is produced. You > cannot do this at the anode, but it is easy to do with oxides at > either electrode. Please see my previous posts for the equations. > > Best Wishes, > > Mike Monett > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
