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SILVER KILLS VIRUSES, STUDY FINDS


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#1 Wallcrawler

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 11:05 AM

SILVER KILLS VIRUSES, STUDY FINDS
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snip< In a groundbreaking study, the Journal of Nanotechnology has published a study that found silver nanoparticles kills HIV-1 and is likely to kill virtually any other virus. The study, which was conducted by the University of Texas and Mexico University, is the first medical study to ever explore the benefits of silver nanoparticles, according to Physorg.>snip
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 09:40 PM

i wonder if this is similar to colloidal silver. colloidal silver is pure silver with size around 100 nm :huh:
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 09:52 PM

A single silver atom can be considered to be an atomic sized particle of metallic silver. It is the smallest size of silver matter that exists. The diameter of a single silver atom is 0.288 nm. While it is theoretically possible to have a particle of metallic silver that consists of a single atom, in practice particles are much larger and consist of many atoms. Just for reference, a particle one nanometer in diameter would consist of 31 silver atoms, and a 5 nm diameter particle would be about 3900 atoms while a 20 nm diameter particle would contain about 250,000 silver atoms. the effectiveness of colloidal solutions increases with decreasing particle size as the particle surface area increases. For this reason, particle surface area serves as a metric for comparing different colloidal solutions. Reactivity increases with increasing surface area A single silver atom can be considered to be an atomic sized particle of metallic silver. It is the smallest size of silver matter that exists. The diameter of a single silver atom is 0.288 nm. While it is theoretically possible to have a particle of metallic silver that consists of a single atom, in practice particles are much larger and consist of many atoms. Just for reference, a particle one nanometer in diameter would consist of 31 silver atoms, and a 5 nm diameter particle would be about 3900 atoms while a 20 nm diameter particle would contain about 250,000 silver atoms.
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