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Do You Know Silver?

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Interesting facts about an interesting metal. Did you know?

Did you know?: Silver feels more dense than gold.


Did you know?: Silver has been used to coat food.


Did you know?: Silver jewelry was not affordable to the general population until the Industrial Revolution.


Did you know?: Silver is commonly used to make bearings for airplane engines.


Did you know?: Many mirrors contain silver as an ingredient due to its unbeatable reflectivity when polished.


Did you know?: Silver is used in some food coloring.


Did you know?: While silver is harmless as a metal, it is often quite poisonous in salt form.


Did you know?: Many of the first silver objects were from Ancient Greece and Turkey (i.e. Anatolia).


Silver's chemical symbol is Ag.


Did you know?: Silver buckled shoes were a huge status symbol in England in the 1700s.


Silver has an atomic number of 47.


Did you know?: The world sterling silver was first used by the British in the 1200s.


Sterling Silver: 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper


Did you know?: Silver was thought to be magical in many pagan religions.


Did You Know?: Silver is a level 100 conductor...the most conductive of all the elements on the periodic table.


Did you know?: Sterling silver is the most common type of silver.


Did you know?: Most silver today is mined as a by product of other mining activities (such as copper and zinc).


Did you know?: Most silver jewelry and cutlery is made out of sterling silver because pure silver is too soft.


Did you know?: Silver can be used to kill bacteria. The bacteria can't develop resistance to silver unlike with most antibiotics.


Did you know?: The word silver comes from the Germanic word silabar.


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