To All,

In the fall of 1997 I first ran across the electrolytic method of making a
silver solution, and they recommended using sea salt to start the process. As
those with chemical background pointed out, that process first make silver
chloride which has low solubility, and that adding time to the process one
could get a silver solution without any additives.

History shows that for many years the particulate silver was make by machine
grinding. It is now make by a chemical deposition process. But even that process
produces about 4 to 5 PPM of Ag+ silver ions.

If you go back into the silver-list archives you will find that I introduced the
first practical polarity switching CS generator and then added constant
mechanical stirring to get a uniform distribution of silver ions during the
brewing process. Previous to stirring if the process was stopped and restarted
there was a large drop in cell current due the dispersion of the silver ions.
They tend to congregate between the electrodes and a vigorous stirring is
required to over come the electrical forces.

Actually the CS process is a very inefficient electroplating process. The major
difference is the electrolyte which was a low pH acid, and it was designed to
"throw the silver on to the cathode.

We want the silver ions to stay in solution.

I hope this helps.

"Ole Bob"





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