Silver

​​​​ ​ silver​ ​ By: Christopher and aidan Silver has been used for at least 5,000 years. Pure silver is the best conducter of heat and electricity of all know metals. Here are some was differint languages say silver, Swidish: silver, Spanish: planta,Russian:cepeopo,Italian: Argento. Silver is used in photography and dental alloys. __ Iteresting facts __ ​ conciderd more valuable than gold. 3,000 BC : the first major silver mines were founded in modern day Turcky. The element silver is in the transition metal family. Origin of name is latin argehtum. Silver ws discovered by ancient civilaztion in ancient times. The element silver is in group 11 of the periodic table. Silver is only shiny when polished, when in pure form silver is actully dull.Pure silver is extremely soft.silver iodide is used to make clouds produce rain.

Symbol: Ag __ silver costs __ In 1344 silver was worth about $400.00 per ounce. In 1477 silver was worth about $806.00 per ounce. (All time high) In 1545 potosl mines opend in North America. (Silver value begins to decline) In the 1780's silver was worth less than $100.00 per ounce. In the 1890's silver was worth less than $50.00 per ounce. In 1980 silver was worth $68.00 per ounce. (The Hunt brothers attempt to corner the silver market) In 1998 silver was worth $6.24 per ounce. In 2003 silver was worth $4.07 per ounce. The element silver is in the transition metal family. Origin of name is latin argehtum. Silver ws discovered by ancient civilaztion in ancient times. The element silver is in group 11 of the periodic table. Silver is only shiny when polished, when in pure form silver is actully dull. Pure silver is extremely soft. Silver iodide is used to make clouds produce rain. Silver can be eaten, bu is not advised. There is 1,740,000 metric tons of silver discovered in the world up to the year 2007. Silver fulminate is a powerful explosive. Its some times formed during the silvering process. Silver was used to protect from bacteria and germs since the time of Chinese emperors. Silver is the whitest color of any metal. Silver is harder than gold but softer tan copper. Before 1797 British pennies used to be made out of silver.Silver is bilt on three main pillars: Phtography, jewelry, silverware, and industrial uses. Silver is used to celebrate the twentyf-ifth aniversery. .
 * Atomic numbe[[image:http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4831451/SilverAmerican-mainFull-main_Full.jpg width="243" height="182" align="left"]]r: 47
 * Atomic mass: 107.8682
 * Number of protons: 47
 * Number of neutrons: 61
 * Number of electrons: 47
 * Melting point: 961.78
 * Boiling point: 2162
 * Normal phase: solid

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