Process for producing anti-microbial effect with complex silver ions

Production of an anti-microbial effect in an alcohol or water based electrolyte is achieved by preparing silver materials that form complex ions other than Ag+, Ag2+, or Ag3+, and which produce an anti-microbial effect that is greater than that produced by an equivalent amount of silver as Ag+. Exem...

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Hauptverfasser: BURRELL, ROBERT EDWARD, APTE, PRASAD SHRIKRISHNA, PRECHT, RODERICK JOHN, MORRIS, LARRY ROY, GILL, KASHMIR SINGH
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Zusammenfassung:Production of an anti-microbial effect in an alcohol or water based electrolyte is achieved by preparing silver materials that form complex ions other than Ag+, Ag2+, or Ag3+, and which produce an anti-microbial effect that is greater than that produced by an equivalent amount of silver as Ag+. Exemplary complex silver ions produced include Ag(CN)2-, AgCN(aq)(ion pair), Ag(NH3)2+, AgCl2-, Ag(OH)2-, Ag2(OH)3-, Ag3(OH)4-, and Ag(S2O3)23-. The silver materials may be prepared as powders or as solutions or suspensions containing the complex silver ions. The silver materials might also be prepared as coatings, foils, powders, or fine grain or nanocrystalline powders, which are formed with atomic disorder to provide sustained release of the complex silver ions.