About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Argyria, Medical uses of silver, Electrum, Argent, Cornish hurling, Silver standard, Hallmark, Silver as an investment, Isotopes of silver, Sterling silver, Nickel silver, Metallurgical assay, Niello, Free Silver, Silvering, SIBPLAZ, Silver Nano, Sheffield plate, Silversmith, Silver Thursday, Martele, Silver standards, Good Delivery, Argentium sterling silver, Millesimal fineness, Platinum sterling, Consulado de mercaderes, Ginza, Billon, Vark, Vermeil, London Silver Vaults, Goloid, Grande Baroque, Britannia silver, Francis 1st, Coconut cup, Silverite, Parkes process, Mercury silvering, Zinc matrix battery, Alastair Dickenson, Pattison's Process, Dore bullion. Excerpt: Silver ( ) is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Latin: , from the Indo-European root *arg- for "grey" or "shining") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. The metal occurs naturally in its pure, free 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, and it is used to make ornaments, jewelry, high-value tableware, utensils (hence the term silverware), and currency coins. Today, silver metal is also used in electrical contacts and conductors, in mirrors and in catalysis of chemical reactions. Its compounds are used in photographic film, and dilute silver nitrate solutions and other silver compounds are used as disinfectants and microbiocides. While many medical antimicrobial uses of silver have been supplanted by antibiotics, further research into clinical potential continues. Silver 1000 oz t ( 31 kg) bulli...
