How to make Colloidal Silver? Advantages And Disadvantages Of Colloidal Silver

Silver has been used all across the world due to its ornamental and valuable properties. In addition, people worldwide use it to make ornaments and accessories due to its lustrous and shiny appeal.

Other than being used as accessories, Silver, or to be more precise, colloidal Silver can be used for other purposes. For example, colloidal silver is used for manufacturing disinfectants, antibacterial agents, antiviral supplements, antifungal solutions, etc.

Colloidal Silver

You might think, how is colloidal Silver made? As colloidal silver can be used for various purposes, it’s alluring to know the process behind it. Electrolysis is the basic principle of colloidal silver generation.

The main components used in the process are distilled water and silver of high purity. The higher the purity, the better is the colloidal silver obtained.

How to make Colloidal Silver?

Two methods can be used to make Colloidal Silver. The first method uses a constant voltage source, and the second is using a constant current source. Both ways follow the process of electrolysis.

Electrolysis is a method in which two electrodes are dipped in an electrolytic solution. Both electrodes are connected to the current source, and the current is passed through the circuit.

 One of the electrodes is made of highly pure Silver. The silver particles from this electrode are transferred to the distilled water, increasing the Silver’s concentration in the solution. The process of passing electrolytes of Silver into the solution due to current passed through the circuit is known as electrolysis.

The first case where the voltage is kept constant and current is held carrying results in decreased resistance. This increases the current rips in the circuit. Larger currents rip results in the parting of large silver particles. This results in a decrease in the quality of the colloidal silver produced.

The efficiency of the Silver lies in small to medium-sized particles, and thus, it’s better if small particles are separated from the silver electrode.

In the second case, the current is kept constant, and voltage is altered. This results in a decrease in the overall resistance of the circuit.

The size of the Silver, particles are dependent on the supply of electric current. In this case, the wind is kept constant, and thus, all the particles are of the same size.

If the current is set constant to a small amount, the size of the silver particles will be smaller. If you need a bit larger-sized particles, you can select the continuous current accordingly.

You can use the method of making Colloidal Silver according to your convenience. The final form of the colloidal Silver is in liquid form. As seen from the above processes, the particle is mixed with the distilled water.

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