i think that most probably the dark spot was just a thin layer of silver oxide. CS is not intended to be stored for long periods. light catalyzes the oxidation, this being the reason why CS is to be kept in a dark place. 1 month is quite a long time. the oxidation is why your electrodes blacken. at least that's what i think, i may be wrong.
On Monday, September 29, 2014 9:47 PM, John Popelish <[email protected]> wrote: I'm finding your experience very interesting, though I don't yet have any answers for you. I am suspecting that some trace of salt or other chloride contaminated your solution, but I don't have any explanation for the location of the deposit. Silver chloride is a white, insoluble substance. It is also very light sensitive. It is the active material in photographic film. What do the letters, "TE" represent? I am also not familiar with the units "KCL uS". I have a meter that reads out microsiemens per centimeter (uS/cm). I am presently experiments with silver water made with various electrical waveforms and am seeing solutions that look quite different, for the same conductivity measurements. I am assuming, so far that this is indicating various ratios of ionic and colloidal silver, but it might also just be an indication of various slight contaminations. On 09/29/2014 08:38 PM, Neville wrote: > As you all know, I've been making this stuff for a number > of years now but discovered something 'out of the box' > the other day. > > On inspecting a stored batch I found it milky with > extremely strong TE, and the storage vessel had a dark > spot in the centre on the bottom. Obviously much more > particle content with the strong TE. I decanted solution > through a coffee filter {which I have never had the need > to do before, and as it turns out didn't need to this > time as nothing was left behind to my recollection} and > wiped the bottom of vessel clean before returning > solution to the same vessel from whence it came. This > batch had probably been in storage for a month. I checked > it the other day and that dark spot was back? I repeated > the aforesaid procedure, minus the filtering. Checked > again a couple of days later and that dark spot had > returned yet again - What the...??? This most recent > observation leads me to believe there are other dynamics > and forces at work here of which I don't savvy. Why, or > how can that dark spot reappear after cleaning the > storage vessel not once, but twice before, with days > between each cleaning? My conclusion: There are dynamics > and forces at work with the home produced product of > which not enough information is available in the public > domain, well to be perfectly frank, none I have found > worth reading. Plenty concerning the so called > "Colloidal Silver" but nothing I have found relating the > predominantly ionic silver solution as is made in the > kitchen using LVDC? Upon my most recent observation I am > encouraged to ask...1. Why that dark spot appeared in the > first place when it has never happened in all the years I > have been making this stuff? 2. Why does it appear in the > centre of my storage vessel and not be evenly distributed > over the entire bottom of storage vessel if it's fallout > or if gravity has taken over and pulled excess particles > out of solution {why there should be excess particle > content anyway escapes me}? And most importantly or most > intriguing, 3. Why does it keep reappearing while in > storage? All hypotheses and/or suggestions will be > considered <g>. I used to check the DW prior to > production but haven't done that for some years now, it > was always between 1 and 3 KCl uS. (snip) -- Regards, John Popelish -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
