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Guide Picking the Best Sterling Silver Jewelry Women & Men Gifts smallmoqjewelry.com
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Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Latin: argentum) &
atomic number 47.
A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it...
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Guide Picking the Best Sterling Silver Jewelry Women & Men Gifts smallmoqjewelry.
com
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Latin: argentum) &
atomic number 47.
A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it is the highest electrical
conductivity of any element & the highest thermal conductivity of any metal.
The metal
occurs naturally in its pure, free form (native silver), as an alloy with gold & other metals, &
in minerals such as argentite & chlorargyrite.
Most silver is produced as a byproduct of
copper, gold, lead, & zinc refining.
Chinese silver is an alloy used for silver jewelry.
Its composition is 58% copper, 17.
5% zinc,
11.
5% nickel, 11% cobalt, & 2% silver.
Silver has long been valued as a precious metal, & it is used to make ornaments, jewelry,
high-value tableware, utensils (hence the term silverware), & money coins.
Today, silver
metal is also used in electrical contacts & conductors, in mirrors & in catalysis of chemical
reactions.
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