Colloidal Silver (An Analytical -
Investigative Report & Theoretical Overview)
(3) What is Colloidal
Silver?
Everything living is naturally colloidal. There has been confusion
regarding the use of the term colloidal, because it is normally
associated with gels glues and the like. The term colloidal was coined
in the late 1800's by an English chemist named Thomas Graham. By
"colloidal" he indicated the following attributes: Substances that
diffused through water at an exceedingly low rate in comparison with
crystalline substances such as sodium chloride, sugar, and glycerol;
also that although crystalline substances easily passed through a
parchment paper, the septum was practically impossible to get to pass
the amorphous bodies of the material through the parchment paper. The
amorphous bodies were designated as colloids [ from the Greek word for
glue], and he referred to their peculiar form of aggregation as the
colloidal condition of matter.
The crystalline substances that easily diffused and were designated as
crystalloids.
To clarify this point I would like to say that we are talking here about
mineral waters. That is what the final result is of a properly prepared
electro-colloid. Although Graham's publication of his memoir in 1861 and
he was given the title "father of colloid chemistry" Faraday prepared
and described "colloidal Gold" at least five years earlier to Graham's
publication. They used the colloid to color glass ruby red. The process
used was chemical, and does not have similar properties to colloidal
gold as it is currently processed. The same holds true for colloidal
silver, zinc, copper etc.
Minerals that are in a colloidal state are said to form the nucleus of a
liquid crystal, the colloidal minerals would easily enter & exit
membranes of animals, this attribute is likened to crystalloids not
(amorphous) materials which are usually thought of when talking about a
colloid. A colloid as usually though of such as "colloidal silver gel"
which was the FDA's focus that last few years, regarding over the
counter products with colloidal silver. Electro colloidal silver is not
a glue or gel which will not, or not easily pass through animal
membranes, and therefore cannot be utilized by animals. Amorphous means
not having definite form, or a distinct crystalline structure. That is
where the confusion comes in. Please be clear, although the references
by Dr. Farber's book speak of a " Mild Silver Protein" and is used for
the value of the wonderful research results and anecdotal examples. The
colloidal silver we have been doing our research with is electro-colloidally
produced by the Colloid Silver Master (R) series instrument that is also sold
here. The we are gathering together years of research and findings and
will be available as publications and descriptions of the information
will be available here at the web site as they become available to the
public.
We are colloidal!
When a plant or animal consumes water, that water is then structured
primarily into highly organized octagonal shaped liquid crystals, very
few of the water molecules consumed remain unorganized. Living things
accomplish this by using highly charged colloids, which form the nuclei
around which the highly organized crystalline lattice forms.
In other words all the cells of the body or other
living things use "charged colloidal minerals" to organize water
molecules into a form that may set the stage for the basic building
blocks of cells to form, as well as for other processes. The particles
appear to form a foundation upon which to organize and build. We are
mostly water by volume. Water is the greatest component from which cells
form. We are made up of a multitude a various cells and cell types.
Physically speaking, we are our cells! Our cells serve us die and are
replaced at an almost unimaginable rate every moment we are alive. In
order to be healthy our cells need the ingredients to do their job. Our
cells work tirelessly, and only ask that they be given what they need to
do their job. Although this is a simplified explanation, you can easily
speculate just how important positively charged colloidal minerals
combined with water are to all living things.
A definition for colloidal
silver
Simply put, colloidal silver is pure
elemental silver that is evenly distributed into a second substance,
i.e. water. The silver is not "dissolved" but "suspended" evenly
throughout the solution as a result of the positive electrical charge
that is attached to each particle of silver as it is electrically
sintered off of the silver electrode into the water.
The charged [silver particles] (silver ions) form into aggregates of
atoms (micro-clusters) of silver that interact with each other and
create a synergistic effect, each electrically charged particle of the
micro-cluster has a magnetic field, together the particles create a
phenomena called the "Brownian movement", it is a sort of random
oscillating motion. In other words the micro-clusters are in motion and
repelling each other, the individual particles of the clusters have a
positive charge and therefore repel each other, that is how they stay
suspended and evenly distributed in the water. Other substances created
during the electro-colloidal process such as oxides are not colloidal in
nature and fall to the bottom of the container and are filtered out do
to their larger particle size.
When making electro-colloidal silver the water appears to go through a
molecular restructuring. Because the water is used as a conductor it
creates an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field is part of
the electro-colloidal process. The restructuring I mean here could be
likened to reformatting and defragmenting a hard drive, in that the
water molecules align into very small organized chains. The water is
then in an optimum state that allows a myriad of geometric lattice
structures be generated around the highly charged colloidal silver which
forms the nucleus of a specific geometrically shaped liquid crystals.
The importance of this factor cannot be over stated. This is a
fascinating area of research.
When I mention colloidal silver it is electro-colloidal as I said I am
referring to. Properly prepared electro-colloidal silver is basically
the smallest form of elemental silver before losing it's identity as
silver. The silver particles have a positive electrical charge and there
is no other element or substance present.
In order to produce Electro-colloidal silver, at least 99.99% pure
silver is placed into water, an electrical charge is induced into the
silver, the current causes particles to migrate toward the opposite side
as a result particles of silver are electrically sintered off of the
metallic silver rods or wire into the water. In the water the silver
forms into sub-microscopic clusters (atomic micro-clusters) optimally
.01 to .001 microns which is 10 to 100 angstroms. An angstrom is a unit
of measure, equal to one ten-billionth of a meter. This is what is
referred to when identifying how small the particle size of colloidal
silver is.
Parts per million is a way of expressing how much silver there is
. The total amount or weight is identified as parts per million (PPM).
The capillaries of the body are approximately 4-9 microns, much larger
than colloidal silver. In theory the body would not have problem
eliminating properly prepared electro-colloidally silver, even if large
quantities of common concentrations such as 10 ppm were used.
Silver micro-clusters, and water. i.e. mineral
water, are larger than most molecules but smaller than cells. The silver
is too small to be filtered out of the solution but not yet considered
dissolved.
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