Greetings,
I have read about adding H202 to CS / EIS.
The impression that I got from this process is that larger silver
particals are being broken down into silver ions,
while the H2O2 was broken down to hydrogen and oxygen.
This led me to an experiment of dropping a silver coin into a quart
of OTC 3% H2O2.
Observations:
Small bubbles appeard on the surface of the silver, growing in size
and combining with others until released
and raceing up to the surface.
At times streams of very small bubbles would swirl around in the
solution befor heading for the surface.
Some bubbles accumulated on the tapered sides near the top of the
Mason jar.
The silver coin color turned to a drak gray with some small dark
metallic blue patches.
The solution remained clear with no TE throughout the process.
After 6hrs the coin was removed and the jar sealed. (safety conserns
as to what gases this reaction was producing)
Somehow I expected it to reach a saturation point befor this.
Next day the soultion remained clear with no TE.
I took a sample, added a few grains of table salt, that produced a
distinctive TE.
PH test strip: tested about 7 Proxide test strip: still >100ppm.
Maybe it's a good thing that I did'nt take chemistry in HS... I might
have blown up the house or my car with my curiosity experiments. :)
Ahh... The drive for knowledge can be oh so powerfull.
At this point I will defer to those of greater chemistry knowledge
and wisdom, as to what I just did.
1) Did this process produce a usable Ionic Silver soultion?
2) What are the gasses or by-products produced in this processes? And
are they dangerous?
3) In general what will bring down a proxide content of a soultion?
Thanks
-Wolf-