the gelling agents examples of gelling or thickening agents include but are not limited to natural gum a carbomer cellulose a cellulose derivative and the like that form a barrier around the silver nanoparticles the gelled composition will take on the color of the silver nanoparticle solution which varies from light brown to dark brown based on silver ion to silver nanoparticle ratio and silver concentration the resulting gel composition has approximately the same silver concentration and silver ratios as the silver nanoparticle colloidal solution that was used it can have a silver concentration of between 15 to 200 ppm and a silver nanoparticle to silver ion ratio of between 15 to 100 silver nanoparticles with the remaining silver being silver ions to optimize the silver ion to silver nanoparticle ratio and to oxygenate the gel composition hydrogen peroxide is added this is shown in fig1 c hydrogen peroxide ionizes silver the reaction of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of silver is by mixing the gel composition with hydrogen peroxide the ratio of silver ions to silver nanoparticles can be adjusted to increase the number of silver ions at the same time the ionization of the silver causes the liberation of oxygen gas the liberated oxygen gas is trapped in the gel causing the oxygenation of the gel composition for small amounts of oxygenation only a small amount of silver is ionized for greater amounts of oxygen more silver ions are formed at concentrations of silver of 30 ppm at a ratio of 1 1 of silver ions to silver particles the gel composition also will turn clear indicating that the amount of silver ions has increased when the hydrogen.