What is Ionic Colloidal Silver?
2009-10-24 at 08:57 pm ShaneScientifically speaking, a silver ion is a silver atom that has one of its electrons missing. An atom’s outermost electrons are what determine the physical properties of matter. If you happen to remove one of the silver ions from a silver atom, then what you have is a silver ion. Ionic colloidal silver is not the same thing as silver particles, metallic silver or even colloidal silver.
Difference between Ionic Silver and Colloidal Silver
Colloidal silver is composed of minute nanoparticles of metallic silver. These particles are complete, so they do not combine with any other elements. In the ionic state, silver is very reactive with other elements and will easily combine to form new compounds. The most prevalent anion inside of the human body is chloride. Silver ions will readily combine with chloride to form silver chloride, which is an insoluble compound.
This is the difference between silver particles and silver ions. Silver and chloride ions combine to form silver chloride whereas silver particles do not.
A compound is formed known as silver chloride when silver and chloride ions combine. This is an insoluble compound. What does this mean? Once it happens to form inside of the human body it will not dissolve. Silver and chloride ions have a very strong attraction, and it is almost impossible to keep these ions apart. Once these ions find each other, then the compound silver chloride is formed. All ionic colloidal silver will turn into silver chloride one it get inside of the body. The reason for this is that there is an abundant supply of chloride ions there that take on many different forms.