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Phoenix Personal Plasma System Firefly Personal Plasma System Large Scale Production Systems The History of arc/vapor methods. . |
A History and general information on colloidal gold production. First, I feel it is important to detail a little history on the production of colloidal gold using an arc underwater.. Since Georg Bredig first struck an arc underwater in 1898, (little it appears from the lack of information in the University Science libraries ) that the process was all but dead or kept secret until the later part of the last century. (Faraday used chemical reduction prior to Bredigs arc method) Colloidal gold was apparently easier to produce chemically and with a known particle size constant per chemical process. Why would anyone bother with the random potentials of an arc under water? Industry has taken vapor deposition to a common level of implementation as vapor deposition techniques are used and have been used for some time for the production of better and more durable products that were not possible prior to the development of plasma related Physical Vapor Deposition techniques. The only big difference between making colloidal gold and say, the application of a 1 micron gold coating (this can also be considered a colloid but not in all cases) on a piece of glass, is that the water we deposit the gold vapor into changes its liquid properties in a vacuum. (a vacuum is not much of a vacuum so long as there is water vapor present) In a vacuum water would instantly become a vapor itself and so long as water remains in vapor form a useful vacuum for vapor deposition shall not be achieved. Vapors are directly influenced by ambient media which a vacuum is used to remove. Once you have a vacuum physical vapor deposition can be performed with high accuracy and even special molecular conditions that are unknown in standard plating techniques.l This fundamental problem with vapor deposition, not having the benefit of a vacuum to help regulate the vapor process, has perhaps made arc/vapor colloidal gold a direction that would not have a common application or current state of the art in industry or scientific research for any specific reason that could be gathered other than the ease and predictability of chemical colloids and chemical vapor deposition techniques are far more available to them. From the best digging on the internet, it appears that Utopia Silver was the first company to invest serious time into providing a colloidal gold system that actually worked. Though currently they do not sell systems, they apparently did up until the last few years.
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From what I gathered checking internet archives on Utopia Silver, other systems may have been available at the time, though without any information to go on, that is where the trail ended. After a time, it seems by 2001, more and more colloidal gold was made available to the public, though even the best never had a density over 10ppm. What we present is a basic outline as an introduction to the recent history of arc/vapor colloids and is not final or complete. Hopefully this will only inspire you to do some searching yourself.
The problems were clear: A The typical colloidal gold production setup was driven by a high voltage transformer such as a neon sign transformer. All units have this feature in common as it is the high voltage that would assist in drawing an arc underwater without the need for complex auto-gap regulation mechanical systems. B This typical colloidal gold production setup was time consuming. Thus, the price of colloidal gold was and is quite high for what equals trace amounts of gold. (10ppm = 10 mg of gold per 1 liter or *approximately* 35mg per gallon ) C Colloidal Silver had left an impression on the general public that colloidal gold is made in some way that is similar to colloidal silver. In fact, it seems that many people believe that colloidal gold falls under the exact same production conditions as colloidal silver. (the gold and silver colloidal processes are in nearly all cases distinctly different) One good example would be ionic gold, (something that you will not find in a pure gold product; gold is not water soluble unless it is first broken down using bromine, chlorine, or aqua-regia) to become an ionic gold colloid. Ionic gold products are typically chemical products not arc/vapor products and definitely not the same as the gold colloids used in medical research. (such as colloidal gold probes that are all chemically derived) Admittedly, without great cost and care to calibrate production standards for a colloidal gold, the standards of the medical and scientific research community are unique in that certain claims are not only made about various specifications of a colloid they are demanded by the application. This would be an excellent example of what I am talking about, http://www.2spi.com/catalog/chem/gold-4.shtml *before you get ideas, this link is not to a source for colloidal gold you would want to ingest* Arc vapor colloids may be regulated however the very purpose that seems to be the inspiration for the development of such a colloidal gold method is in my opinion a direct result of enhanced dietary needs by a critical number of individuals. Though not popular or well known the need to ingest a pure gold small enough to enter the body has been the goal and the interests of many in the holistic community for a great many years. If an arc is used no chemo-kinetics need to be understood in order to know that reasonably pure gold product could be made by most people who have this equipment. Unfortunately there is a mythology that tends to pervade on the internet that colloidal silver and colloidal gold are the same. Clear looking gold products that claim very high quantities of gold, say 240ppm or such, based on what a TDS meter says are either right lacking in working brain cells or they are carelessly making claims they do not understand and hence have no regard for bothering with factual information. (note: TDS meters can not read colloidal gold concentration) |
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TDS Meters: TDS meters: TDS stands for Total Dissolved Solids and is a device used for checking the total quantity of a [Solid] that is [Dissolved] in water. That is to say, the sole purpose of a TDS meter is to indicate the total dissolved solids in water. It achieves this by simply knowing the conductance of pure water and using a calibration to indicate contamination in the water by Parts Per Million. Gold is hydrophobic (does not like water, is not water soluble) and is not an electrolyte (as silver is and electrolyte) which means it does not contribute to the conductance of the water. (is not water soluble and therefore can not be a dissolved solid, simple right?) If proponents of the TDS idea for measuring colloids were to make higher concentrations of metal and knew the weight of the metal in the colloid they would find the TDS meters are absolutely wrong. It is easy enough to prove. Even for colloidal silver, it is not an accurate indicator of silver content! Any competent lab tech would tell you this. Color Indication: Unless you are told specifically that the colloidal gold you are buying is Gold Chloride, (the claim of ionic colloidal gold or some balance of ionic verses particulate ) these claims of ionic gold are without a foundation in reality. There are no 'ionic' colloidal gold for consumption to be purchased on the web. The belief system imprinted on individuals who have had contact with colloidal silver is being twisted to make money through misinformation while damaging the flow of useful information by virtue of reckless disregard. While it is true that arc/vapor colloidal gold products do produce ultra fine gold particles, it is an absolute lie that this would allow a gold product to remain colorless and clear if it has any more than 1-2ppm of gold in the product. (even for a so called ionic, water soluble gold chloride)
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Any higher concentrations than 2ppm begin to have a Polaroid effect. In other words, the small size of the particles allows the actual spectrum of light to be filtered by the particles leaving only the red light band to pass. Orange, as it is seen sometimes in colloidal gold, is the color allowed when the red passes through the particles while the light reflected off of the gold in suspension is yellow. The mix creates an orange color. Other colors such as lavender, blue, green are possible for various reasons but they all hinge on the dynamics of long light waves interacting with the structure of the colloid. To give weight to the issue with color as an absolute indicator of particle size you need to read this article on The Alchemy Web Site: Purple Gold by,Nick Kollerstrom The higher the density of colloidal gold the more light the colloid reflects verses the light that is allowed to pass in the red band. Color would be an indication of particle size however it is not absolute in relationship to particle size. The idea that color and density can easily reveal the contents of a colloidal gold should be done away with here and now. Recognize that several factors could not entirely be understood even by us. More potentials exist for variations in the process if we understand that arc/vapor deposition is only one kind of process that uses a plasma to do useful work. Arc Vapor and Plasma: Certainly there is a wide range of discoveries for which nearly the same basic set of rules determines the outcome. The use of a plasma in a purely physical vapor deposition process is always the case for making this type of gold colloid; [a distance between a source of material and a target for the deposit.] Typical Arc/vapor Process: High voltage in the 6kv-15kv range with very low current (2-60ma) works only because the high tension of this voltage range creates a very strong specific electrical path that in close proximity to a conductive material condenses the electrical charge between the nearest conductive points. The resistance or pure water is part of a dynamic that sets up as the water breaks down ( cavitation ) and turns into a stream of gas particles (or envelope of gas ) momentarily giving off heat and light (photons). Charge condensation allows this small current to initiate a true plasma with temperatures high enough to vaporize any metal on contact. The area of a given charge changes the density of the charge as momentary tendrils of ionized gas plasma strike the source with a resulting force. Filaments thinner than the human hair allow small areas of the gold source electrode to boil away and be captured in the water as both the gas tendril breaks down and rises to the surface of the water in bubbles. It is for this reason that H202 is used. (aids in cavitation) H202 also changes the conductance of the water. This change allows higher currents to be used with minimal hot spots on the source substrate (electrode) and still maintain a gas plasma. The natural resistance of the water is too high. Past a certain threshold the water gains more heat than it releases. This is evidence of waste heat that is being generated at the path of resistance. This certain threshold is exactly the moment that this waste heat begins to keep the source liquid. Liquid source substrate (electrode) is a bad thing because it deforms as the (even at 500v) ion transport is very high in a plasma stream striking the source and the target with a quantity of force even pulling the molten material into nodules of various sizes. With a catalyst such as H202, used in very small quantities, the media can be regulated to allow lower arc temperatures and expose larger surface areas to even out vapor displacement on the source without the possibility of substrate (electrode) deformation. Even a small current from a neon sign transformer may deform the source substrate under the right conditions. Gold is a very ductile metal that melts at a very low temperature. Our Developments: Our process and our machines are a breakthrough in that we don't require ultra high voltages in the 1,000s of volts to achieve accurate vaporization. As well, we have a high current that vaporizes more gold in a shorter period of time. They can't be fed any faster than the vapor rate allows otherwise we end up with conditions unfavorable to a smooth production process. Our research has been directed to understand more about the relationship between vaporization rates and ambient conditions on the microscopic scale of the delivery zone (our deposition target) What we have done with the original Colloidal Gold Machine is advance to large plasma values big enough for electro magnetic field containment to be used as part of the process. Here you can read about how to build your own basic arc/vapor system that is well beyond the capacity of any commercial system out. (this system runs at a solid average 20mg of gold vapor per hour for a 22gage gold electrode set)
We also have the Ovo Colloidal Gold Reactor Process, completely unique in that it is not an arc/vapor method, not a chemical method, not electrolysis but a reaction method using electrical charge to help use a set of benign ingredients (to the human body) to dissolve gold into nano-particles. No one has anything like it and you should definitely take a look. This is the ultimate system for a single person use without having to learn so much to get a result. The Ovo is 1,2,3, A,B,C. My name is Karl Reinhart and this is what I have done in a few short years with colloidal gold.
The Proof of Concept that began Colloidalgoldmachines-central.com |
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The Method we use to gage the concentration is the quantity of gold vaporized. 1mm of 22 gage wire = 6.11mg of gold. This is the standard we use to determine 100ppm. We do not use a TDS Meter! TDS (total dissolved solids) instruments for water purity are not designed for the accurate reading of colloidal gold particles in distilled water, in ppm or in any other way shape or form.
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