Re: mms scam..................

Hello John,

The procedure for making chlorine dioxide in water that I am familiar with involves using hydrochloric acid. The acid is slowly added to the reaction chamber while air is blown through it. The chlorine dioxide is transferred to the scrubber that has a similar concentration of sodium chlorite that was used in the reaction chamber. Any chlorine in the system reacts with the sodium chlorite in the scrubber chamber and is removed. From there the air is bubbled through the receiving chamber that has distilled water in it.

Anything left in the reaction and scrubber chambers are considered waste and the only thing used is what made it to the receiving chamber.

By controlling the rate the acid is added to the sodium chlorite and by allowing the reaction to complete before more acid is added the reaction is very controlled. By using a scrubber, any impurities are removed. You end up with very pure chlorine dioxide in distilled water.

The quick method simply involves adding a strong acid to sodium chlorite, letting the reaction work, then adding this directly to water. A little pH adjustment may be needed. This is done on demand and there is no storage involved. Through careful experimentation it is easy to come up with how much of the chemicals are needed for various concentrations and everything gets set in a basic recipe.

For example to purify 3.8 liters of wilderness water (1 US gallon) you would put 1 ml of 2% NaClO2 in a container and add 1 ml of 2.4% HCl. Give it a minute to activate then add it to the 3.8 liters of water. Let it sit for the proper amount of contact time (15 minutes to 4 hours depending on what is in the water) and you end up with water that is disinfected and has a pH of about 6.3.

As you can see this is simple, easy, and quick and there is no worry about if your stored CDS solution has lost strength.

Tom