The consumer devices sold widely in Japan use calcium tablets or powder versus salt, but there's definitely production of some chorine or chloride in the runoff. It smells very much like chlorox bleach. Supposedly it is good for the skin.


On Thursday, Apr 2, 2009, at 18:09 Asia/Tokyo, Ode Coyote wrote:

It turns out that zapping salt water with low-voltage electricity creates a couple of powerful yet nontoxic cleaning agents. Sodium ions are converted into sodium hydroxide, an alkaline liquid that cleans and degreases like detergent, but without the scrubbing bubbles. Chloride ions become hypochlorous acid, a potent disinfectant known as acid water.


--
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]

Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected]

The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down...

List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>