List,
For the shake of accuracy we should clarify that there is a difference
between a mineral and a metal.
In nature, pure metals react with, i.e. acids to form minerals such as i.e.
Copper sulfate, Silver chloride, or Potassium nitrate. These are minerals.
Non- reactive metals such as gold and platinum and to a lesser degree
silver, do not react readily and can be found in its "free" state as metals.
Silver will react readily only with strong compounds such as oxygen
(tarnish), and strong acids acids such as Nitric or Hydrochloric.
Silver does not react readily with other less ionized or agressive compounds
and for that reason is considered a noble metal.
The mineral contains (other than impurities), a "cationic" side or metallic
side and an "anionic" side or acid, etc
When minerals are stripped of the "anionic" portion, you obtain the metal.
When a mineral of this kind is placed in a solution, and in the presence of
two poles of DC current, each portion will migrate to a different pole. The
cation or metallic portion, charged positively, will migrate toward the
negatively charged pole, and the "anionic" or non-metal portion, charged
negatively, will migrate to the positive pole. The pole attracting the
cations is called the cathode and the pole attracting the anions is called
the anode.
Many ultra pure-metals are refined using this "electrolitic" principle
Sucessive purification steps will lead to an ultra pure silver metal, such
as 99.999% or better.
This kind of ultra-pure silver still contains 10 ppm of impurities! Keep
this in mind when trying to ascertain where colors, cloudiness and other
precipitates come from!
Thx
Frank Cuns-Rial
Original Message -----
From: "Terry Chamberlin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:10 PM
Subject: CS>Damaging silver
Carolyn said,
<What damages CS? I have been told that air and
sunlight will damage CS. Is there anything else? What
about heat? Like boiling it for coffee,etc. And also
how does it damage it, like killing off the silver?>
Carolyn, silver is just a mineral, it cannot be
killed. Neither air nor sunlight nor heat nor cold
*damages* silver. With the low-voltage CS that most
folks on this list make, direct exposure to sunlight
or freezing CS can make *some* of the silver particles
fall out of the water and sink to the bottom (at least
after it thaws), but that doesn't *damage* it, nor
make it unusable nor dangerous. When high voltage is
used to make it, neither sunlight nor freezing have
any affect on it. I make coffee with CS everyday. I
cook freely with it, freeze it in ice cubes and juice
popsickles and otherwise use it just like water.
You do not need to be careful with CS, as long as it
is clear-colored and made only with distilled water
and pure silver. Even using mineral water only means
that the CS won't usually be clear. Yes, we discuss
avoiding making silver-compounds (using water with
other minerals in it), but that's because we are
purists. Missionaries in 3rd-world countries are
making it with water from places like the Ganges river
(very polluted), and no one has turned blue yet. In
fact, they make CS in their water in order to sanitize
it.
I had a client once for whom I assembled a small
CS-maker to help him with his health problems -
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, gastro-intestinal issues,
etc. He set it up with 8 oz of tap water (in spite of
my instructions) and went to bed and forgot about it.
The next morning, one of the silver wires was
completely dissolved, and the CS looked like dark
brown coffee. He drank the whole 8 oz all at once (put
the equivalent of 5" of silver wire into himself). He
had a rush of energy like he said he hadn't had in
years, and his gastro-intestinal problems (cramps with
every meal, extreme constipation) went away that day.
Now I wouldn't suggest anyone do that every day, but
this stuff is so safe, folks!
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