Colloidal Silver Particle Size Shows Bigger Does Not Mean Better
2009-12-13 at 05:33 pm ShaneProducts that are made with colloidal silver as an ingredient are creating a buzz today. If you know how to identify the ones that can produce the most effective results gives you a big edge over other consumers. One of the listings that you will see is the one that describes the PPM count for colloidal silver products. PPM refers to the amount of colloidal silver that a particular product contains. PPM means that the amount is measured and defined in parts per million.
When consumers see a high PPM count then quite naturally they believe that the item they are looking at must have the best colloidal silver content. However this is not necessarily true. You see it is the particle size, not the actual amount of silver that is your most important consideration.
For silver particles to be effective these surface areas must make contact with undesirable microbes. This means that the more surface areas you have the more contact can be made, thus the more effective the product will be.
* Here is a simpler explanation; let’s say that you have two colloidal silver products.
* Each contains the same amount of silver if you express the silver content in PPM.
* However one product contains 20 large particles and the other contains 2000 tiny particles.
* It is obvious that the 2000 tiny particles will have many more surface areas to make contact with micro-organisms that may be in your bloodstream.
* These smaller particles will also be able to move about more efficiently and effectively than the bulky, larger particles.
This clearly demonstrates why particle size is so very important when you are discussing the effectiveness of any product that contains colloidal silver as an active ingredient. In this case Bigger is certainly not Better.