Tom's probably out in the wilderness so I'll have a bash
MMS is 22.4% sodium chlorite so it's just over 4 times the 5%, also Miracle-Mineral-Supplement of course is unactivated in the bottle , whether you activate it or not is up to you and at your own risk (as they say on some Miracle-Mineral-Supplement sites) so basically you can use either and get a similar strength solution if you use 4 times more 5% and activate it longer to make up for the extra water

Hello Jeremy,

MMS is a 28% by weight sodium chlorite solution made from 80% technical grade sodium chlorite powder. This yields a 22.4% sodium chlorite solution.

The 5% sodium chlorite solution is made by diluting a higher concentration solution. In the case of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement , if you put 1 part 22.4% and add 3.48 parts water, you will end up with 4.48 parts of a 5% sodium chlorite solution.

1.0 ml of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement has 224 mg of sodium chlorite in it. 1.0 ml of 5% sodium chlorite has 50 mg of sodium chlorite in it.

When you drop the PH of a sodium chlorite solution, it releases chlorine dioxide. There are inefficiencies in this reaction, so only around 60% of the theoretical maximum can be released. This means that 1.0 ml of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement has 134400 PPM available chlorine dioxide. 1.0 ml of 5% sodium chlorite has 30000 PPM available chlorine dioxide.

When you put these chemicals into use, you figure out the concentration needed to deal with the pathogens you are targeting, then add sodium chlorite to meet the concentration needed. The amount of free chlorine dioxide in the solution is dependent on the acid used for activation, the amount of acid used, the activation time, and the sequence of the activation.

Those are the basics. From here things get very creative, and somewhat complex.

Now let's look at measurements. Since you asked about drops, we have to factor in the specific gravity of the concentrations. A higher concentration solution will have a higher specific gravity, and will yield fewer drops per ml.

Let's start with ml, then we can go to drops.

1.0 ml of MMS has the same potential as 4.48 ml of 5% sodium chlorite.

Since drops are dependent on the dropper size and the method used to form the drop, I will give you my results, and you can verify this by taking some measurements yourself.

I find that I get about 17 drops per ml with MMS, and about 20 drops per ml with the 5% sodium chlorite solution. So, in my case, 1 drop of MMS will give me 0.0588 ml. When I multiply this by 4.48, I get about 0.263 ml which is about 5.26 drops of the 5% sodium chlorite solution.

I hope this clears things up... but am not holding my breath. [smile icon]

Tom