The best quality colloidal silver is produced by the electro-colloidal or non-chemical method. This process creates a truly homogeneous solution of super-fine silver particles, around 0.005 - 0.015 microns in diameter, that are suspended in water without the need of a chemical stabilizer, dye, or any other ingredient.
Electro colloidal silver is produced through electrolysis, when an electrical current is passed through an electrolyte containing two silver electrodes. Many people are now using a simple silver colloidal generator to produce large quantities of colloidal silver at home.
In a colloidal silver generator water always acts as the electrolyte. The amount of action shown by the water during the process depends on three things: the type of water, any additives, such as salt, added to the mixture and the strength of the current being passed through the electrolyte.
When using tap, filtered or mineral water in the process, cloudy white streams will quickly begin emanating from the silver rods. This is not, as is often believed, colloidal silver being formed, but a result of impurities in the water. Salt introduces chloride ions into the water which react with the silver to form silver chloride.
The high levels of activity seen are also due to the increased levels of conductivity in the water. Indeed, until recently, a number of practitioners advocated adding salt to the water to increase its conductivity and thus reduce the time taken to complete the process.
However, a high reaction speed will create large particles of silver, thereby reducing their rate of absorption into the body. Pure distilled water is therefore the preferred electrolyte.
When using distilled water no visible reaction is noticed at first, although an electrolysis reaction begins, and electrons start moving between the two rods as soon as they are introduced.
This is due to the very low semiconductor quality of distilled water that only allows for a small movement of electrons between both rods. It is this movement of electrons between the silver rods that sinters off the silver into the water; therefore, the lower conductivity slows the reaction. This is ideal, as keeping the reaction speed to the bare minimum produces only the smallest particles of silver.
As the process continues a small discoloration will be seen on both rods. On the negative rod, neutral silver, that is silver that has no charge, will begin to form. On the positive rod a dark brown substance may begin to form.
This is silver oxide, and while harmless, large flakes are an undesired addition to the final product. To reduce this, only the highest quality pure silver wire should be used. Near the end of the process small bubbles will begin rising from the negative rod, this is a simple and harmless hydrogen gas.
At the end of the process an ultra fine silver cloud solution begins to peel off the positive rod, as soon as the solution around the rods is mildly cloudy, the process is finished.
Care should be taken not to overrun, as if left running, the brown silver oxide will begin to form in greater quantities and could contaminate the final product. There is also a point in the process when the speed of the reaction begins to produce large particles. For this reason timing and purity are vital elements in the process.
The color of the final product should be clear or a very light yellow, anything else is a clear sign of impurities or large particles in the solution. Great care should be taken if using a basic silver colloidal generator to avoid overrunning, and it is recommended to use one of the newer models with an automatic shut down feature.
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The particle size of colloidal silver is important for two main reasons: Firstly, smaller particles are more likely to be absorbed by the body in a useable form. To be effective, colloidal silver particles should be small enough to be absorbed under the tongue and through lung tissue. Secondly, the size of the particle has a direct effect on its surface area.
The particle surface area of a colloid is the key factor in determining its effectiveness. The greater the surface area of colloids exposed to the areas of interest; the more effectively the particle will interact with its environment. The surface area of colloidal particles actually increases as the particle size decreases.
For example, if the amount of silver in a silver dollar was rendered into 1nm particles, the surface area would be equal to 4.115 million times the surface area of the original dollar. So it becomes clear the smaller the particle size and the larger the quantity of the silver colloids, the greater the surface area will be and the more effective the treatment will become.
To ensure that particle size is controlled, a great deal of care must be taken when using a colloidal silver generator. The electric current passing through the liquid must be kept at low voltage in order to adequately sinter the silver from the electrified source. As the voltage becomes too high, greater amounts of silver are stripped from the source too quickly. The process speeds up, and as the process speeds up, the particle size increases.
Distilled water helps keep the electrical current low as it acts as a fairly good insulator, and has a fairly strong resistance to electron flow. However, as the silver particles and ions start to accumulate, the resistance of the water decreases. The reason for this is as follows. As the silver is stripped away during the process, it becomes ionized and dissolves into the water.
To become ionized simply means to take on an electrical charge. As the ions dissolve into the water, the water becomes more and more conductive, the current then increases, and the whole process speeds up.
Some of the ions are able to attach themselves to each other, and by doing so, cease to be ionized. As the current increases and the process speeds up, the silver particles are stripped from the electrodes in greater numbers.
The particles become larger and are able to attract more and more ions. Once clumped together, as they no longer carry an electrical charge, they are effectively just pieces of silver floating in the liquid. The process will continue accelerating until the particles become too large to remain in suspension and fall from the liquid as sediment.
If your colloidal silver generator has a fixed voltage, this can be a problem and the timing of the process becomes crucial to both the size of the silver particles and their concentration within the batch.
There are a number of techniques that can be used to prevent large silver particles from forming. If the mixture is stirred, it will disperse the ions, preventing them from coming together. Some new colloidal silver generators come with a mechanical or magnetic stirrer which will keep the problem under control. Alternatively, the use of a wooden spoon to agitate the mixture at regular intervals can be employed.
Thermal heating or bubbling carbon dioxide through the mixture have also been used to keep the ions apart. These methods both come with drawbacks however. Heating the water too much can in itself lead to increased particle size. While any apparatus used to introduce the carbon dioxide could inadvertently introduce dust particles or gasses from the tubing or pump.
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