Abstract
Silver oxide has gained significant attention due to its antimicrobial activities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of biofield energy treatment on the physical and thermal properties of silver oxide (Ag<sub>2</sub>O). The silver oxide powder was divided into two parts, one part was kept as control and another part was received Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment. The control and treated samples were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The XRD diffractogram showed that the crystallite size of treated sample was significantly altered on the planes (200), (311), and (220) by 100, 150 and -25% respectively, with respect to control. The DSC result exhibited that the thermal energy required to decompose the silver oxide to silver and oxygen was altered from -12.47 to 71.58% in treated samples as compared to the control. TGA showed that the onset temperature of thermal degradation was reduced from 335°C (control) to 322.4°C. In addition, the rate of weight loss in treated sample was increased by 4.14% as compared to the control. Besides, the FT-IR did not show any alteration in absorption wavenumber of treated sample as compared to the control. Hence, the XRD, DSC and TGA data revealed that the biofield energy treatment has a significant impact on the physical and thermal properties of silver oxide powder. Therefore, the biofield energy treatment might improve the dissolution rate in formulation and bioavailability of treated silver oxide as compared to control.
Highlights
Silver (Ag) is a naturally occurring ductile and malleable element
It can be observed that the control sample showed the crystalline peaks at Bragg angle (2θ) 32.72°, 37.95°, 54.78°, 65.28° and 68.6° which were attributed to the crystalline planes (111), (200), (220), (311), and (222) according to Joint committee on powder diffraction standards (JCPDS) file no. 12-0793 [18]
The X-ray diffraction (XRD) data showed that the crystallite size was significantly increased upto 150% as compared to the control
Summary
Silver (Ag) is a naturally occurring ductile and malleable element. It has higher thermal and electrical conductivity among all metals [1]. The antibacterial properties of silver is known to world from ancient times [3]. Silver compounds such as silver chloride, silver nitrate, and silver oxide gained significant attention due to their antimicrobial properties [4]. It is reported that the efficacy of drug is highly depends on their physical and thermal properties [7, 8]. It is important to study a treatment strategy i.e. biofield energy treatment, which may modify the physical and thermal properties of the silver oxide.
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