The total amount of silver that is reported as the silver concentration (in parts per million) is the sum total of the silver contained in the particles and the silver contained in the silver ions. Accurate measurement of total silver content requires the measurement by either atomic absorption or atomic emission of the silver atoms. An Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrophotometer is typically used for…
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What about amber bottles?
The ionic silver solutions produced by generators used by home hobbyists tends to be photosensitive and will deteriorate over a short period of time if not shielded from visible light. By storing such solutions in amber bottles the deterioration is reduced. The most photosensitive solutions are produced using the low voltage DC process, often by using several…
Colloidal Silver Storage: Plastic vs. Glass Bottles
Colloidal silver storage? A true silver colloid, consisting of silver particles and not silver ions, does not require glass bottles and is typically shipped and stored in PET plastic. PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a form of polyester. PET is commonly used for packaging soft drinks, water, and fruit juice. PET plastic bottles are the single most prevalent…
Regarding the dark color of high particle surface area colloids
Dr. Ronald Gibbs booklet states that high-quality Colloidal Silver is colorless, but the highest particle surface area colloid in the tabulations is dark in color, why this discrepancy? The material in Ron Gibbs book is slightly dated. Ron died in May 2000 and the book material was frozen about a year before. For example, the…
Colloid particle size according to text books
Many text books define colloids as having particles in the size range of 1 – 1000 nm. When those books were written no one had ever seen colloidal particles smaller than 1 nanometer because the technology to make such small particles did not exist at the time. Today the technology exists that can produce sub-nanometer sized colloidal…
