silver
Sign in to saveSilver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. Silver is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
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Silver is a soft, shiny metal known for conducting electricity and heat better than any other metal, making it valuable for both industrial and decorative purposes. Most silver comes from mining operations as a byproduct when refining other metals like copper, gold, lead, and zinc.
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Key facts
- Silver.engvar
- en-GB
via Wikipedia infobox
Chemical data
- Formula
- Ag
- Molecular weight
- 107.868 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- silver
via PubChem
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- precious metal
- Part of
- group 11
- Named after
- white
- Material used
- chlorargyrite
- Mass
- +107.8682
Article
32 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Isotopes
- Chemistry
- Compounds
- Oxides and chalcogenides
- Halides
- Other inorganic compounds
- Coordination compounds
- Organometallic
- Intermetallic
- Etymology
- History
- Symbolic role
- Occurrence and production
- In marine environments
- {{Anchor|XAG}}Monetary use
- Price
- Applications
- Jewellery and silverware
- Medicine
- Electronics
- Brazing alloys
- Chemical equipment
- Catalysis
- Photography
- Nanoparticles
- Miscellanea
- Precautions
- See also
- References
- Cited sources
- External links
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. Silver is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
Silver has long been valued as a precious metal, commonly sold and marketed beside gold and platinum. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes alongside gold: while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal. Its purity is typically measured on a per-mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine". As one of the seven metals of antiquity, silver has had an enduring role in most human cultures. In terms of scarcity, silver is the most abundant of the big three precious metals, platinum, gold, and silver; among these, platinum is the rarest, with around 139 troy ounces of silver mined for every one of platinum.