The positive wire ought to be the silver doner, yes. The positive electrode in such a cell is called the anode (anion source). The negative is the cathode.
> I recently set up a small cd brewer in a quart jar > with two silver wires, and allowed it to cook until > one of the wires was gone. The purpose of this > exercise was to determine conclusively which wire > dissolved and which one didn't, so I could use a > silver wire and a stainless steel one (and not be > trying to dissolve the wrong one). The positive silver > wire was the wire that was dissolved and gone the next > day. So the positive wire (the cathode?) is attracted > to the negative (the anode)? Is that the general > consensus? [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
