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Fact box. Group 11 Melting point Glossary Image explanation Murray Robertson is the artist behind the images which make up Visual Elements. Appearance The description of the element in its natural form. Biological role The role of the element in humans, animals and plants. Natural abundance Where the element is most commonly found in nature, and how it is sourced commercially. Uses and properties. Image explanation.
The symbol is based on the widely used alchemical symbol for silver. Silver is a relatively soft, shiny metal. It tarnishes slowly in air as sulfur compounds react with the surface forming black silver sulfide. Sterling silver contains The rest is copper or some other metal. It is used for jewellery and silver tableware, where appearance is important.
Silver is used to make mirrors, as it is the best reflector of visible light known, although it does tarnish with time. It is also used in dental alloys, solder and brazing alloys, electrical contacts and batteries. Silver paints are used for making printed circuits.
Silver bromide and iodide were important in the history of photography, because of their sensitivity to light. Even with the rise of digital photography, silver salts are still important in producing high-quality images and protecting against illegal copying. Light-sensitive glass such as photochromic lenses works on similar principles.
It darkens in bright sunlight and becomes transparent in low sunlight. Silver has antibacterial properties and silver nanoparticles are used in clothing to prevent bacteria from digesting sweat and forming unpleasant odours.
Silver threads are woven into the fingertips of gloves so that they can be used with touchscreen phones. Biological role. Silver has no known biological role. Chronic ingestion or inhalation of silver compounds can lead to a condition known as argyria, which results in a greyish pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes. Silver has antibacterial properties and can kill lower organisms quite effectively. Natural abundance. Silver occurs uncombined, and in ores such as argentite and chlorargyrite horn silver.
However, it is mostly extracted from lead-zinc, copper, gold and copper-nickel ores as a by-product of mining for these metals. The metal is recovered either from the ore, or during the electrolytic refining of copper. World production is about 20, tonnes per year. Help text not available for this section currently. Elements and Periodic Table History. Slag heaps near ancient mine workings in Turkey and Greece prove that silver mining started around BC.
The metal was refined by cupellation, a process invented by the Chaldeans, who lived in what is now southern Iraq. It consisted of heating the molten metal in a shallow cup over which blew a strong draft of air. This oxidised the other metals, such as lead and copper, leaving only silver unaffected. The rise of Athens was made possible partly through the exploitation of local silver mines at Laurium.
These operated from BC and right through the Roman era. In Medieval times, German mines became the main source of silver in Europe. Silver was also mined by the ancient civilizations of Central and South America there being rich deposits in Peru, Bolivia and Mexico.
Atomic data. Glossary Common oxidation states The oxidation state of an atom is a measure of the degree of oxidation of an atom. Oxidation states and isotopes. Glossary Data for this section been provided by the British Geological Survey.
Relative supply risk An integrated supply risk index from 1 very low risk to 10 very high risk. Recycling rate The percentage of a commodity which is recycled. Substitutability The availability of suitable substitutes for a given commodity. Reserve distribution The percentage of the world reserves located in the country with the largest reserves.
Political stability of top producer A percentile rank for the political stability of the top producing country, derived from World Bank governance indicators. Political stability of top reserve holder A percentile rank for the political stability of the country with the largest reserves, derived from World Bank governance indicators. Supply risk. Relative supply risk 6. Young's modulus A measure of the stiffness of a substance.
Shear modulus A measure of how difficult it is to deform a material. Bulk modulus A measure of how difficult it is to compress a substance. Vapour pressure A measure of the propensity of a substance to evaporate.
Pressure and temperature data — advanced. Listen to Silver Podcast Transcript :. You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World , the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Welcome to Chemistry in its element. This week, we're demystifying the element behind the photograph and to cross your cognitive palm with silver, here's Victoria Gill. Its lustre shine has been coveted since ancient times. It's not just rare or precious, as its more expensive cousin, gold, but there is evidence from as early as BC that humans extracted silver from naturally occurring silver sulphide deposits in rocks to make coins and jewellery.
These coins actually form the basis for the economies of some ancient Mediterranean civilizations. What is an atom? Can u please make it clear how to determine the direction of the current flow? Do electrons in a circuit move in the direction of current? Is it true that a ligand can donate more than one pair of electrons to the central atom in a coordination complex? Does mercury have more protons and electrons than tin? Use the table to answer the following questions:.
The idea that electrons revolved in orbits around the nucleus of an atom without radiating energy away from the atom was postulated by:. Write down the valency of a chlorine atom. What can you tell me about an atom that has a deficiency of electrons? In Bohr's theory of the atom, what force was responsible for holding the electrons in their orbit?
How many electron charges of 1. Newlands arranged the elements in order of:. What do we mean when we say that an electron has a charge? How many lone-pair electrons are on the central atom in the CO2 molecule?
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