Could it be that the dissolved portions as ions and anions are unstable while the undissolved portions as a compound are stable?
Ode At 06:41 PM 3/28/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >Marshall wrote: > >>> Silver ions in a solution cannot exist without water, so when the water >>> is >>> evaporated the silver ions (cations) must combine with an available anion >>> to >>> form a compound. The predominant anions present in a silver colloid >>> solution (EIS) are hydroxide and carbonate. > >> Where does the carbon come from? Absorbed CO2? > >Yes, from absorbed CO2. > >>> The compounds thus formed are silver hydroxide and silver carbonate. >>> Silver hydroxide is unstable and reduces to silver oxide and hydrogen. > >>I agree. > >>> The silver carbonate will reduce to silver oxide >>> and carbon dioxide. > >>Silver carbonate is a stable compound. It is available from Acros chemical >> with 99% purity. Why would it decompose unless exposed to light? > >We believe that: > >During desiccation the water (H2O) and silver carbonate (Ag2CO3) would first >form silver oxide (Ag2O) and carbonic acid (H2CO3). The carbonic acid >reduces to water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) which is draw off leaving >the silver oxide (Ag2O). > >We will do some further checking and will confirm this later. > > >Frank Key >Colloidal Science Lab. >www.colloidalsciencelab.com > > > > >-- >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> > > > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005 Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005
