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﻿Silver.

SIlver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol **Ag** .Its Atmoic number is 47.Its atomic weight 107.8687.It has a whiteish blueish colour(silver).It is a solid.Its boiling point is 2435 degrees and its melitng point is 1235.93 degrees.Silver has long been valued as a __ precious metal __ and it is used to make ornaments, jewelry, high-value tableware.Silver is slightly harder then gold. Among metals, pure silver has the highest [|thermal conductivity]. Its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold.The crescent [|Moon] has been used since ancient times to represent Silver.

Specail facts:
 * ** Silver is classified as a "Transition Metal **
 * ** Silver was discovered was discovered in Ancient times **
 * ** Silver ore is found in native form **
 * ** Density @ 293 K: 10.5 g/cm3 [[image:http://www.windows2universe.org/headline_universe/images/cresent_moon_sm.jpg width="411" height="394" align="right"]] **
 * ** Colour of silver: lustrous white - silver **

Common uses of silver:

> Coinage > Jewelry > Tableware > Dental alloys > Silver fulminate is an explosive > Photography
 * Precious metal