I see quite a number of mis-truths in the manual.
Electrolysis using only pure water and pure silver makes no photo-reactive
compounds, thus no need for colored glass to store it.
The photo showing particles was done using a TEM which requires drying the
sample which CREATES those particles of silver oxide...they weren't in the
water at all.
Adding H2O2 to a fresh batch will make it flash brownish...likely
Tetrasilver Tetroxide, a patented germ killer that is touted to work by in
vivo ion exchange.
Their reducing agent might be similar to "Oxyclean" an H2O2 based bleach.
[Turn your Golden hair into Platinum and have even more fun, girls. ]
The "non measurable particles" would be a form of silver oxide. [There are
4 or 5 different forms of silver oxide ]
It's Silver Oxide that makes CS look yellow or amber...the same black stuff
that collects on one electrode when using the DC method and makes the
golden mist when the current density is too high so that it forms in the
water instead of staying on the electrode.
If you dip a black electrode in H2O2, it destroys that black stuff just
like it clears out the yellow /amber color out of the CS.
Scrubbing the electrodes is a shear waste of silver.
The dull appearance is due to pitting of the surface, not
contamination...so, bulldoze a mountain to remove a creek bed?
Their method for using the TDS meter is backwards, but may give a nearly
accurate number by accident if done under the right conditions.
..makes the CS look stronger than it really is.
I think that both the ions [Ag+] AND anions [OH-] add conductivity and they
will reach a balance of mutual encounter probabilities according to
concentration. [the max being 30 uS ]
Also "some" silver oxide will dissolve in the water and stay that way,
adding to conductivity and not making particles big enough to be seen...but
not much.
The number you get from a meter doesn't match the number derived from an aa
spectrophotometer [which ACTUALLY measures PPM, but doesn't differentiate
forms of silver ] until the conductivity stops dropping.
That's counting apples to see how many oranges you have, but both fruits
are about the same size. [once the lemons and limes that CAN turn into the
oranges you are trying to count, turn into those oranges ]
More?
What stir rate does to the numbers and size of silver hydroxide chunks.
Why Fred Sprauge [now deceased] who once made the illustrious
microprocessor controlled Custom Electronics LLC "Smart Silver" generator
changed his stirrer to a direct copy after trying to figure it out for 7 years.
What electrode tip discharge does to current density and electrode erosion.
[Bend those tips slightly away from each other and the electrodes will last
a lot longer...better yet, get the tips out of the water...something else
that the "Smart Silver" copied and Fred admitted to.]
"Sorry 'bout that Ode"..It's OK Fred.
We both learned something when we traded units and mixed the parts.
He was a good guy with a good product that didn't need distortions and
emotional manipulation to sell itself.
Who better to share a market with ?
Ode
At 10:52 AM 4/22/2012 -0700, you wrote:
<http://www.silverlungs.com/latest_user_manual_hm_ez_v.pdf>http://www.silverlungs.com/latest_user_manual_hm_ez_v.pdf
The manual for SilverLungs describes adding a "reducing agent" to convert
an ionic solution to a colloidal silver. They have a photo of it turning
amber color. Any idea what it is, and if it is legit?
David
