How to make Colloidal Silver

Making Colloidal Silver.

Ionic Silver can be made at home for very little cost.

Important!

Remember, if you are producing Ionic Silver as a medicine, then it follows that you implement the highest standards of hygiene and control.

In is most basic form an apparatus for making Ionic Silver is laughably simple.

A 9 volt battery is connected to two silver wires which are immersed in water and Ionic silver will be produced by the electrolytic action, however, as pure water is an insulator, you could be in for a long wait.

It is vital that the water used is as pure as possible.

Tap water contains salts and chlorine, which will result in silver chloride being produced as well as some ionic silver.

This also applies to filtered and bottled water products.

De-mineralized water is more pure but not always pure enough.

However, it is often the purest water available unless you produce and test your own distilled water.

Ideally you should use only pure distilled water for colloidal silver production.

However beware of “Distilled Water” which claims to have 5 PPM. or less dissolved solids.

This is ten times the ideal level of dissolved solids and is industrially produced for car batteries etc.

Always use silver which is at least 99.9 percent pure.

Do not use sterling silver, as used for jewelery making.

Sterling silver contains metals other then silver.

It is vital that only silver is introduced to the water.

Most other metals in ionic suspension are toxic - so beware!

Pure water is a very good insulator, it is the impurities in water which make it a conductor of electricity.

However as even distilled water is not absolutely pure, some current will flow between electrodes placed in water connected to a moderate voltage.

As current flows, silver ions gradually enter the water making it more conductive, and so the electrolysis process starts.

With the buildup of silver ions, the water becomes even more conductive and the process speeds up.

If left unchecked the process will run away until the batteries run flat or all the silver is used.

The result will be jar of black sludge.

The size of the silver particles in colloidal suspension are determined by the amount of current per silver surface area, so an uncontrolled current source has to be very carefully timed and monitored to produce an acceptable product.

The current should ideally be electronically limited to about one milliamp between the electrodes.

Because the water conducts very little current at the start, a voltage of at least thirty volts is needed to get things going, otherwise it seems to take forever to start.

Three 9 volt batteries in series is the usual recommendation, (but with a current limiter).

If you have to use a home made system, I recommend placing a current limiting resistor of about 10Kohms in series if you are using three 9V batteries.

This will give you a fighting chance of limiting the rise in current to produce an acceptable batch of colloidal silver.

If you have a current meter, or better still, a constant current regulated supply, monitor the current and don't let the current rise above two milliamperes with one milliamp being the ideal .

Some form of stirring is essential to prevent agglomeration of silver particles by dispersing the ions.

Note:

If a white mist is observed in the water, you are producing silver chloride.
Check the purity of your water and start over.

When the process is finished, which will have taken anywhere from one to two hours for 250 ml of water, decant the top ninety percent into your storage container.

At this point, the product should be clear.

Slight coloration (light yellow color) is permissible and results from insufficient agitation causing agglomeration of silver ions into larger particles.

If the color is any darker than a faint yellow, it is unsuitable.

It is recommended that the ionic silver be stored in an amber glass container.

In any case the container should always be glass and kept in the dark, because the silver ions are very photo sensitive.

Measuring the actual concentration is difficult without laboratory testing.

Parts Per Million meters measure dissolved solids, not colloids and are not always an accurate guide.

One milliamp flowing between the electrodes for one hour through 250mL of water will produce a colloidal solution of about 10 parts per million.

If you are in any doubt as to whether it is a colloidal solution or not, shine a laser pointer through the water and compare the beam with plain water to indicate when colloidal silver is present.

When shone through a colloidal solution a laser beam is dispersed by the silver ions.

This is called “The Tyndall effect.”

Having said all that, the simple solution is to buy a bottle of colloidal silver at your friendly health shop.

If you invest in a colloidal silver machine, the process is simple and controlled, and the end product is cheap and production is reliable.

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