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Silver
Silver
47Ag
Cu
Ag
Au
palladium silver cadmium
Silver in the periodic table
Appearance
lustrous white metal
Electrolytically refined silver
General properties
Name, symbol,
number
silver, Ag, 47
Pronunciation /slver/
Element category transition metal
Group, period, block 11, 5, d
Standard atomic
weight
107.8682
Electron
configuration
[Kr] 4d
10
5s
1
2, 8, 18, 18, 1
Physical properties
Phase solid
Density (near r.t.) 10.49 gcm
~3
Liquid density at
m.p.
9.320 gcm
~3
Melting point 1234.93 K, 961.78 C,
1763.2 F
Silver
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Greek: pyupo rguros, Latin: argentum, both from the Indo-European root *arg- for "grey" or
"shining") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses 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, used in currency coins, to make ornaments, jewelry, high-value tableware and utensils (hence the term
silverware) and as an investment in the forms of coins and bullion. Silver metal is used industrially 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 (oligodynamic effect). While many medical antimicrobial uses of silver have been supplanted by antibiotics, further research
into clinical potential continues.
Contents
1 Characteristics
2 Isotopes
3 Compounds
4 Applications
4.1 Currency
4.2 Jewelry and silverware
4.3 Dentistry
4.4 Photography and electronics
4.5 Mirrors and optics
4.6 Other industrial and commercial applications
4.7 Biology
4.8 Medicine
4.9 Investing
4.10 Clothing
5 History
5.1 World War II
6 Occurrence and extraction
7 Price
8 Human exposure and consumption
8.1 Monitoring exposure
8.2 Use in food
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Characteristics
Silver is produced from lighter elements in the Universe through the r-process, a form of nuclear fusion believed to take place during certain types of
supernova explosions. This produces many elements heavier than iron, of which silver is one.
[2]
Silver is a very ductile, malleable (slightly harder than gold), monovalent coinage metal, with a brilliant white metallic luster that can take a high degree of
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Boiling point 2435 K, 2162 C,
3924 F
Heat of fusion 11.28 kJmol
~1
Heat of vaporization 254 kJmol
~1
Molar heat capacity 25.350 Jmol
~1
K
~1
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 1283 1413 1575 1782 2055 2433
Atomic properties
Oxidation states 1, 2, 3 (amphoteric
oxide)
Electronegativity 1.93 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies 1st: 731.0 kJmol
~1
2nd: 2070 kJmol
~1
3rd: 3361 kJmol
~1
Atomic radius 144 pm
Covalent radius 1455 pm
Van der Waals radius 172 pm
Miscellanea
Crystal structure face-centered cubic
Magnetic ordering diamagnetic
[1]
Electrical resistivity (20 C) 15.87 nCm
Thermal conductivity 429 Wm
~1
K
~1
Thermal diffusivity (300 K) 174 mm/s
Thermal expansion (25 C) 18.9 mm
~1
K
~1
Speed of sound (thin
rod)
(r.t.) 2680 ms
~1
Young's modulus 83 GPa
Shear modulus 30 GPa
Bulk modulus 100 GPa
Poisson ratio 0.37
Mohs hardness 2.5
Vickers hardness 251 MPa
Brinell hardness 206 MPa
CAS registry number 7440-22-4
Silver 1000 oz t (~31 kg)
bullion bar
polish. It has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, even higher than copper, but its greater cost has prevented it from
being widely used in place of copper for electrical purposes. An exception to this is in radio-frequency engineering, particularly
at VHF and higher frequencies, where silver plating to improve electrical conductivity of parts, including wires, is widely
employed. During World War II in the US, 13,540 tons were used in the electromagnets used for enriching uranium, mainly
because of the wartime shortage of copper.
[3][4][5]
Among metals, pure silver has the highest thermal conductivity (the nonmetal carbon in the form of diamond and superfluid
helium II are higher) and one of the highest optical reflectivities.
[6]
(Aluminium slightly outdoes silver in parts of the visible
spectrum, and silver is a poor reflector of ultraviolet). Silver is the best conductor of heat and electricity of any metal on the
periodic table. Silver also has the lowest contact resistance of any metal. Silver halides are photosensitive and are remarkable
for their ability to record a latent image that can later be developed chemically. Silver is stable in pure air and water, but tarnishes when it is exposed to air or
water containing ozone or hydrogen sulfide, the latter forming a black layer of silver sulfide which can be cleaned off with dilute hydrochloric acid.
[7]
The
most common oxidation state of silver is +1 (for example, silver nitrate, AgNO3); the less common +2 compounds (for example, silver(II) fluoride, AgF2), and
the even less common +3 (for example, potassium tetrafluoroargentate(III), KAgF4) and even +4 compounds (for example, potassium
hexafluoroargentate(IV), K2AgF6)
[8]
are also known.
Isotopes
Main article: Isotopes of silver
Naturally occurring silver is composed of two stable isotopes,
107
Ag and
109
Ag, with
107
Ag being slightly more abundant (51.839% natural abundance).
Silver's isotopes are almost equal in abundance, something which is rare in the periodic table. Silver's atomic weight is 107.8682(2) g/mol.
[9][10]
Twenty-eight radioisotopes have been characterized, the most stable being
105
Ag with a half-life of 41.29 days,
111
Ag with a half-life of 7.45 days, and
112
Ag
with a half-life of 3.13 hours. This element has numerous meta states, the most stable being
108m
Ag (t1/2 = 418 years),
110m
Ag (t1/2 = 249.79 days) and
106m
Ag (t1/2 = 8.28 days). All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives of less than an hour, and the majority of these have half-lives of less than
three minutes.
Isotopes of silver range in relative atomic mass from 93.943 (
94
Ag) to 126.936 (
127
Ag);
[11]
the primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope,
107
Ag, is electron capture and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before
107
Ag are palladium (element 46) isotopes, and the
primary products after are cadmium (element 48) isotopes.
The palladium isotope
107
Pd decays by beta emission to
107
Ag with a half-life of 6.5 million years. Iron meteorites are the only objects with a high-enough
palladium-to-silver ratio to yield measurable variations in
107
Ag abundance. Radiogenic
107
Ag was first discovered in the Santa Clara meteorite in 1978.
[12]
The discoverers suggest the coalescence and differentiation of iron-cored small planets may have occurred 10 million years after a nucleosynthetic event.
107
Pd
107
Ag correlations observed in bodies that have clearly been melted since the accretion of the solar system must reflect the presence of unstable
nuclides in the early solar system.
[13]
Compounds
Silver metal dissolves readily in nitric acid (HNO
3
) to produce silver nitrate (AgNO
3
), a transparent crystalline solid that is photosensitive and readily soluble
in water. Silver nitrate is used as the starting point for the synthesis of many other silver compounds, as an antiseptic, and as a yellow stain for glass in
stained glass. Silver metal does not react with sulfuric acid, which is used in jewelry-making to clean and remove copper oxide firescale from silver articles
after silver soldering or annealing. Silver reacts readily with sulfur or hydrogen sulfide H
2
S to produce silver sulfide, a dark-colored compound familiar as the
tarnish on silver coins and other objects. Silver sulfide Ag
2
S also forms silver whiskers when silver electrical contacts are used in an atmosphere rich in
hydrogen sulfide.
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History
Discovery before 5000 BC
Most stable isotopes
Main article: Isotopes of silver
iso NA half-life DM DE
(MeV)
DP
105
Ag syn 41.2 d s -
105
Pd
y 0.344,
0.280,
0.644,
0.443
-
106m
Ag syn 8.28 d s -
106
Pd
y 0.511,
0.717,
1.045,
0.450
-
107
Ag 51.839% - (SF) <20.512
108m
Ag syn 418 y s -
108
Pd
IT 0.109
108
Ag
y 0.433,
0.614,
0.722
-
109
Ag 48.161% - (SF) <19.241
111
Ag syn 7.45 d
~
1.036,
0.694
111
Cd
y 0.342 -
Decay modes in parentheses are predicted, but
have not yet been observed
Cessna 210 equipped with a silver
iodide generator for cloud seeding
4 Ag + O2 + 2 H2S 2 Ag2S + 2 H2O
Silver chloride (AgCl) is precipitated from solutions of silver nitrate in the presence of chloride ions, and the other silver
halides used in the manufacture of photographic emulsions are made in the same way, using bromide or iodide salts.
Silver chloride is used in glass electrodes for pH testing and potentiometric measurement, and as a transparent cement
for glass. Silver iodide has been used in attempts to seed clouds to produce rain.
[7]
Silver halides are highly insoluble in
aqueous solutions and are used in gravimetric analytical methods.
Silver oxide (Ag
2
O), produced when silver nitrate solutions are treated with a base, is used as a positive electrode (anode)
in watch batteries. Silver carbonate (Ag
2
CO
3
) is precipitated when silver nitrate is treated with sodium carbonate
(Na
2
CO
3
).
[14]
2 AgNO3 + 2 OH
~
Ag2O + H2O + 2 NO3
~
2 AgNO3 + Na2CO3 Ag2CO3 + 2 NaNO3
Silver fulminate (AgONC), a powerful, touch-sensitive explosive used in percussion caps, is made by reaction of silver metal with nitric acid in the presence
of ethanol (C
2
H
5
OH). Other dangerously explosive silver compounds are silver azide (AgN
3
), formed by reaction of silver nitrate with sodium azide (NaN
3
),
[15]
and silver acetylide, formed when silver reacts with acetylene gas.
Latent images formed in silver halide crystals are developed by treatment with alkaline solutions of reducing agents such as hydroquinone, metol
(4-(methylamino)phenol sulfate) or ascorbate, which reduce the exposed halide to silver metal. Alkaline solutions of silver nitrate can be reduced to silver
metal by reducing sugars such as glucose, and this reaction is used to silver glass mirrors and the interior of glass Christmas ornaments. Silver halides are
soluble in solutions of sodium thiosulfate (Na
2
S
2
O
3
) which is used as a photographic fixer, to remove excess silver halide from photographic emulsions after
image development.
[14]
Silver metal is attacked by strong oxidizers such as potassium permanganate (KMnO
4
) and potassium dichromate (K
2
Cr
2
O
7
), and in the presence of
potassium bromide (KBr); these compounds are used in photography to bleach silver images, converting them to silver halides that can either be fixed with
thiosulfate or redeveloped to intensify the original image. Silver forms cyanide complexes (silver cyanide) that are soluble in water in the presence of an
excess of cyanide ions. Silver cyanide solutions are used in electroplating of silver.
[14]
Although silver normally has oxidation state +1 in compounds, other oxidation states are known, such as +3 in AgF
3
, produced by the reaction of elemental
silver or silver fluoride with krypton difluoride.
[16]
Silver artifacts primarily under go three forms of deterioration. Silver sulfide is the most common form of silver degradation. Silver chloride is purple to silvery-
yellow colored, and projects slightly from the surface of the artifact or coin. The precipitation of copper in ancient silver can be used to date artifacts.
[17]
Applications
Many well-known uses of silver involve its precious metal properties, including currency, decorative items, and mirrors. The contrast between its bright white color and other media makes it very useful to
the visual arts. It has also long been used to confer high monetary value as objects (such as silver coins and investment bars) or make objects symbolic of high social or political rank. Silver salts have
been used since the Middle Ages to produce a yellow or orange colors to stained glass, and more complex decorative color reactions can be produced by incorporating silver metal in blown, kilnformed
or torchworked glass.
[18]
Currency
Main articles: Silver coin and Silver standard
Silver, in the form of electrum (a goldsilver alloy), was coined to produce money around 700 BC by the Lydians. Later, silver was refined and coined in its pure form. Many nations used silver as the
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Shallow silver bowl, Persian, 6th
century BC (Achaemenid). The
deeper depressions reperesent
lotus buds, an Egyptian motif.
Walters Art Museum collections.
Silver plate with goddess Minerva
from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st
century BC
basic unit of monetary value. In the modern world, silver bullion has the ISO currency code XAG. The name of the pound sterling () reflects the fact it originally represented the value of one pound
Tower weight of sterling silver; other historical currencies, such as the French livre, have similar etymologies. During the 19th century, the bimetallism that prevailed in most countries was undermined by
the discovery of large deposits of silver in the Americas; fearing a sharp decrease in the value of silver and thus the currency, most states switched to a gold standard by 1900. In some languages, such
as Sanskrit, Spanish, French, and Hebrew, the same word means both silver and money.
The 20th century saw a gradual movement to fiat currency, with most of the world monetary system losing its link to precious metals after Richard Nixon took the United States dollar off the gold standard
in 1971; the last currency backed by gold was the Swiss franc, which became a pure fiat currency on 1 May 2000. During this same period, silver gradually ceased to be used in circulating coins. In
1964, the United States stopped minting their silver dime and quarter. They minted their last circulating silver coin in 1970 in its 40% half-dollar.
[19]
In 1968, Canada minted their last circulating silver coins which were the 50% dime and the 50% quarter. The Royal Canadian Mint still makes many collectible silver coins with various dollar
denominations. In addition to Canada, the United States and many other countries continue to mint silver coins that are collected for their bullion and numismatic value. The U.S. coin is known as the
"Eagle".
Silver is used as a currency by many individuals, and is legal tender in the US state of Utah.
[20]
Silver coins and bullion are also used as an investment to guard against inflation and devaluation.
Jewelry and silverware
Main articles: jewelry and silversmith
Jewelry and silverware are traditionally made from sterling silver (standard silver), an alloy of 92.5% silver with 7.5% copper. In the US, only an alloy consisting of at
least 90.0% fine silver can be marketed as "silver" (thus frequently stamped 900). Sterling silver (stamped 925) is harder than pure silver, and has a lower melting
point (893C) than either pure silver or pure copper.
[7]
Britannia silver is an alternative, hallmark-quality standard containing 95.8% silver, often used to make silver
tableware and wrought plate. With the addition of germanium, the patented modified alloy Argentium Sterling silver is formed, with improved properties, including
resistance to firescale.
Sterling silver jewelry is often plated with a thin coat of .999 fine silver to give the item a shiny finish. This process is called "flashing". Silver jewelry can also be plated
with rhodium (for a bright, shiny look) or gold (to produce silver gilt).
Silver is a constituent of almost all colored carat gold alloys and carat gold solders, giving the alloys paler color and greater hardness.
[21]
White 9 carat gold contains
62.5% silver and 37.5% gold, while 22 carat gold contains a minimum of 91.7% gold and 8.3% silver or copper or other metals.
[21]
Historically, the training and guild organization of goldsmiths included silversmiths, as well, and the two crafts remain largely overlapping. Unlike blacksmiths,
silversmiths do not shape the metal while it is red-hot, but instead, work it at room temperature with gentle and carefully placed hammer blows. The essence of
silversmithing is to take a flat piece of metal and to transform it into a useful object using different hammers, stakes and other simple tools.
[22]
While silversmiths specialize in, and principally work silver, they also work with other metals, such as gold, copper, steel, and brass. They make jewelry, silverware,
armor, vases, and other artistic items. Because silver is such a malleable metal, silversmiths have a large range of choices with how they prefer to work the metal.
Historically, silversmiths are mostly referred to as goldsmiths, which was usually the same guild. In the western Canadian silversmith tradition, guilds do not exist;
however, mentoring through colleagues becomes a method of professional learning within a community of craftspeople.
[23]
Traditionally, silversmiths mostly made "silverware" (cutlery, tableware, bowls, candlesticks and such). Only in more recent times has silversmithing become mainly
work in jewelry, as much less solid silver tableware is now handmade.
Dentistry
Silver can be alloyed with mercury at room temperature to make amalgams that are widely used for dental fillings. To make dental amalgam, a mixture of powdered
silver and other metals such as tin and gold is mixed with mercury to make a stiff paste that can be adapted to the shape of a cavity. The dental amalgam achieves
initial hardness within minutes, and sets hard in a few hours.
Photography and electronics
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This Yanagisawa A9932J alto
saxophone has a solid silver bell
and neck with a solid phosphor
bronze body. The bell, neck, and
key-cups are extensively
engraved. It was manufactured in
2008.
Photography used 30.98% of the silver consumed in 1998 in the form of silver nitrate and silver halides. In 2001, 23.47% was used for photography, while 20.03% was used in jewelry, 38.51% for
industrial uses, and only 3.5% for coins and medals. The use of silver in photography has rapidly declined, due to the lower demand for consumer color film from the advent of digital technology; since
2007, of the 907 million ounces of silver in supply, just 117.6 million ounces (13%) were consumed by the photographic sector, about 50% of the amount used in photography in 1998. By 2010, the
supply had increased by about 10% to 1056.8 million ounces, of which 72.7 million ounces were used in the photographic sector, a decline of 38% compared with 2007.
[24]
Some electrical and electronic products use silver for its superior conductivity, even when tarnished. The primary example of this is in high quality RF connectors. The increase in conductivity is also
taken advantage of in RF engineering at VHF and higher frequencies, where conductors often cannot be scaled by 6%, due to tuning requirements, e.g. cavity filters. As an additional example, printed
circuits and RFID antennas can be made using silver paints,
[7][25]
and computer keyboards use silver electrical contacts. Silver cadmium oxide is used in high-voltage contacts because it can withstand
arcing.
Some manufacturers produce audio connector cables, speaker wires, and power cables using silver conductors, which have a 6% higher conductivity than ordinary copper ones of identical dimensions,
but cost much more. Though debatable, many hi-fi enthusiasts believe silver wires improve sound quality.
[citation needed]
Small devices, such as hearing aids and watches, commonly use silver oxide batteries due to their long life and high energy-to-weight ratio. Another usage is high-capacity silver-zinc and silver-cadmium
batteries.
Mirrors and optics
Mirrors which need superior reflectivity for visible light are commonly made with silver as the reflecting material in a process called silvering, though common mirrors are backed with aluminium. Using a
process called sputtering, silver, along with other optically transparent layers, is applied to glass, creating low emissivity coatings used in high-performance insulated glazing. The amount of silver used
per window is small because the silver layer is only 1015 nanometers thick.
[26]
However, the amount of silver-coated glass worldwide is hundreds of millions of square meters per year, leading to silver
consumption on the order of 10 cubic meters or 100 metric tons/year. Silver color seen in architectural glass and tinted windows on vehicles is produced by sputtered chrome, stainless steel or other
alloys. Silver is seldom used as the reflector in telescope mirrors, where aluminum is generally preferred because it is cheaper and less susceptible to tarnishing and corrosion.
[27]
Silver is the reflective
coating of choice for solar reflectors.
[28]
Other industrial and commercial applications
Silver and silver alloys are used in the construction of high-quality musical wind instruments of many types.
[29]
Flutes, in particular, are commonly constructed of silver
alloy or silver plated, both for appearance and for the frictional surface properties of silver.
[30]
Silver's catalytic properties make it ideal for use as a catalyst in oxidation reactions, for example, the production of formaldehyde from methanol and air by means of
silver screens or crystallites containing a minimum 99.95 weight-percent silver. Silver (upon some suitable support) is probably the only catalyst available today to
convert ethylene to ethylene oxide (later hydrolyzed to ethylene glycol, used for making polyesters) an important industrial reaction. It is also used in the Oddy test
to detect reduced sulfur compounds and carbonyl sulfides.
Because silver readily absorbs free neutrons, it is commonly used to make control rods to regulate the fission chain reaction in pressurized water nuclear reactors,
generally in the form of an alloy containing 80% silver, 15% indium, and 5% cadmium.
Silver is used to make solder and brazing alloys, and as a thin layer on bearing surfaces can provide a significant increase in galling resistance and reduce wear under
heavy load, particularly against steel.
Biology
Silver stains are used in biology to increase the contrast and visibility of cells and organelles in microscopy. Camillo Golgi used silver stains to study cells of the
nervous system and the Golgi apparatus.
[31]
Silver stains are used to stain proteins in gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gels, either as primary stains or to
enhance the visibility and contrast of colloidal gold stain.
[32]
Different yeasts from Brazilian gold mines, bioaccumulate free and complexed silver ions.
[33]
A sample of the fungus Aspergillus niger was
found growing from gold mining solution; and was found to contain cyano metal complexes; such as gold, silver, copper iron and zinc. The fungus also plays a role in the solubilization of heavy metal
sulfides.
[34]
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The crescent moon has
been used since ancient
times to represent silver.
Medicine
Main article: Medical uses of silver
The medical uses of silver include its incorporation into wound dressings, and its use as an antibiotic coating in medical devices. Wound dressings containing silver sulfadiazine or silver nanomaterials
may be used to treat external infections. Silver is also used in some medical applications, such as urinary catheters and endotracheal breathing tubes, where there is tentative evidence that it is effective
in reducing catheter-related urinary tract infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia respectively.
[35][36]
The silver ion (Ag
+
) is bioactive and in sufficient concentration readily kills bacteria in vitro.
Silver and silver nanoparticles are used as an antimicrobial in a variety of industrial, healthcare and domestic applications.
[37]
Investing
Silver coins and bullion are used for investing. Mints sell a wide variety of silver products for investors and collectors. Various institutions provide safe storage for large physical silver investments, and
various types of silver investments can be made on the stock markets, including mining stocks. Silver bullion bars are sold in a wide range of ounces, provided by various mints and mines around the
world. Silver coins and bullion bars are generally 99.9% pure, and labeled with ".999".
Clothing
Silver inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi on clothing, such as socks, so is sometimes added to reduce odors and the risk of bacterial and fungal infections. It is incorporated into clothing or shoes
either by integrating silver nanoparticles into the polymer from which yarns are made or by coating yarns with silver.
[38][39]
The loss of silver during washing varies between textile technologies, and the
resultant effect on the environment is not yet fully known.
[40][41]
History
Silver has been used for thousands of years for ornaments and utensils, trade, and as the basis for many monetary systems. Its value as a precious metal was long
considered second only to gold. The word "silver" appears in Anglo-Saxon in various spellings, such as seolfor and siolfor. A similar form is seen throughout the Germanic
languages (compare Old High German silabar and silbir). The chemical symbol Ag is from the Latin word for "silver", argentum (compare Greek pyupo, rgyros), from the
Indo-European root *arg-, meaning "white" or "shining". Silver has been known since ancient times. Mentioned in the Book of Genesis, slag heaps found in Asia Minor and on
the islands of the Aegean Sea indicate silver was being separated from lead as early as the 4th millennium BC using surface mining.
[7]
The stability of the Roman currency relied to a high degree on the supply of silver bullion, which Roman miners produced on a scale unparalleled before the discovery of the
New World. Reaching a peak production of 200 t per year, an estimated silver stock of 10,000 t circulated in the Roman economy in the middle of the second century AD, five
to ten times larger than the combined amount of silver available to medieval Europe and the Caliphate around 800 AD.
[42][43]
Financial officials of the Roman Empire worried
about the loss of silver to pay for highly demanded silk from Sinica (China).
Mines were made in Laureion during 483 BC.
[44]
In the Gospels, Jesus' disciple Judas Iscariot is infamous for having taken a bribe of 30 coins of silver from religious leaders in Jerusalem to turn Jesus of Nazareth over to
soldiers of the High Priest Caiaphas.
[45]
The Chinese Empire during most of its history primarily used silver as a means of exchange. In the 19th century, the threat to the balance of payments of the United Kingdom from Chinese merchants
demanding payment in silver in exchange for tea, silk, and porcelain led to the Opium War because Britain had to find a way to address the imbalance in payments, and they decided to do so by selling
opium produced in their colony of British India to China.
[46]
In certain circumstances, Islam permits Muslim men to wear silver jewelry.
[citation needed]
Muhammad himself wore a silver signet ring.
[47]
In the Americas, high temperature silver-lead cupellation technology was developed by pre-Inca civilizations as early as AD 60120.
[48]
World War II
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Silver mining and processing in
Kutn Hora, Central Europe,
1490s
Time trend of silver production
Native silver
Silver price history in 19602011
During World War II, the short supply of copper led to the substitution of silver in many industrial applications. The United States government loaned out silver from its
massive reserve located in the West Point vaults to a wide range of industrial users. One very important use was for bus bars for new aluminum plants needed to make
aircraft. During the war, many electrical connectors and switches were silver plated. Another use was aircraft master rod bearings and other types of bearings. Since
silver can replace tin in solder at a lower volume, a large amount of tin was freed up for other uses by substituting government silver. Silver was also used as the
reflector in searchlights and other types of lights. One high-tech use of silver was for conductors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used in calutrons to isolate uranium
as part of the Manhattan project. (After the war ended, the silver was returned to the vaults.)
[49]
Silver was used in nickels during the war to save that metal for use in
steel alloys.
[50]
Occurrence and extraction
Main article: Silver mining
Silver is found in native form, as an alloy with gold (electrum), and in ores containing sulfur, arsenic, antimony or chlorine. Ores include argentite (Ag2S), chlorargyrite
(AgCl) which includes horn silver, and pyrargyrite (Ag3SbS3). The principal sources of silver are the ores of copper, copper-nickel, lead, and lead-zinc obtained from
Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, China, Australia, Chile, Poland and Serbia.
[7]
Peru, Bolivia and Mexico have been mining silver since 1546, and are still major world producers.
Top silver-producing mines are Cannington (Australia), Fresnillo (Mexico), San Cristobal (Bolivia), Antamina (Peru), Rudna (Poland), and Penasquito (Mexico).
[51]
Top
near-term mine development projects through 2015 are Pascua Lama (Chile), Navidad (Argentina), Jaunicipio (Mexico), Malku Khota (Bolivia),
[52]
and Hackett River
(Canada).
[51]
In Central Asia, Tajikistan is known to have some of the largest silver deposits in the world.
[53]
The metal is primarily produced as a byproduct of electrolytic copper refining, gold, nickel, and zinc refining, and by application
of the Parkes process on lead metal obtained from lead ores that contain small amounts of silver. Commercial-grade fine silver
is at least 99.9% pure, and purities greater than 99.999% are available. In 2011, Mexico was the top producer of silver (4,500
tonnes or 19% of the world's total), closely followed by Peru (4,000 t) and China (4,000 t).
[54]
Price
Main articles: Silver as an investment and Silver standard
As of 26 August 2013, the price of silver is US$773 per kilogram (US$24.04 per troy ounce
[55]
). This equates to approximately 1/58 the price of gold. The
ratio has varied from 1/15 to 1/100 in the past 100 years.
[citation needed]
Physical silver bullion prices are higher than the paper prices, with premiums
increasing when demand is high and local shortages occur.
[56]
In 1980, the silver price rose to a peak for modern times of US$49.45 per troy ounce (ozt) due to market manipulation of Nelson Bunker Hunt and Herbert
Hunt. Inflation-adjusted to 2012, this is approximately US$138 per troy ounce. Some time after Silver Thursday, the price was back to $10/ozt.
[57]
From
2001 to 2010, the price moved from $4.37 to $20.19 (average London US$/oz).
[58]
According to the Silver Institute, silver's recent gains have greatly
stemmed from a rise in investor interest and an increase in fabrication demand.
[58]
In late April 2011, silver reached an all-time high of $49.76/ozt.
In earlier times, silver has commanded much higher prices. In the early 15th century, the price of silver is estimated to have surpassed $1,200 per ounce,
based on 2011 dollars.
[59]
The discovery of massive silver deposits in the New World during the succeeding centuries has been stated as a cause for its
price to have diminished greatly.
The price of silver is important in Judaic law. The lowest fiscal amount a Jewish court, or Beth Din, can convene to adjudicate a case over is a shova pruta
(value of a Babylonian pruta coin).
[citation needed]
This is fixed at .025 grams (0.00088 oz) of pure, unrefined silver, at market price. In a Jewish tradition, still
continuing today, on the first birthday of a first-born son, the parents pay the price of five pure-silver coins to a Kohen (priest). Today, the Israel mint fixes
the coins at 117 grams (4.1 oz) of silver. The Kohen will often give those silver coins back as a gift for the child to inherit.
[60]
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Human exposure and consumption
Silver plays no known natural biological role in humans, and possible health effects of silver are a disputed subject. Silver itself is not toxic to humans, but most silver salts are. In large doses, silver and
compounds containing it can be absorbed into the circulatory system and become deposited in various body tissues, leading to argyria, which results in a blue-grayish pigmentation of the skin, eyes, and
mucous membranes. Argyria is rare, and although, so far as known, this condition does not otherwise harm a person's health, it is disfiguring and usually permanent. Mild forms of Argyria are sometimes
mistaken for cyanosis.
[7]
Monitoring exposure
Overexposure to silver can occur in workers in the metallurgical industry, persons taking silver-containing dietary supplements, patients who have received silver sulfadiazine treatment, and individuals
who accidentally or intentionally ingest silver salts. Silver concentrations in whole blood, plasma, serum, or urine may be measured to monitor for safety in exposed workers, to confirm the diagnosis in
potential poisoning victims, or to assist in the forensic investigation in a case of fatal overdosage.
[61]
Use in food
Silver is used in food coloring; it has the E174 designation and is approved in the European Union.
The safety of silver for use in food is disputed.
[62]
Traditional Indian dishes sometimes include the use of decorative silver foil known as vark,
[63]
and in various cultures, silver drage are used to decorate
cakes, cookies, and other dessert items.
[62]
The use of silver as a food additive is not approved in the United States.
[citation needed]
See also
List of silver compounds
Silverpoint drawing
Free silver
List of elements
Hardnesses of the elements (data page)
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