Silver

SILVER
 * **//Name of the element and how it got it name: //** AG (silver.) It’s name came from the Anglo-Saxon word seolfor.
 * **//Atomic number: //** 47
 * **//Who discovered it: //** no one in particular, but the Persians were the first to use it.
 * **//When was it discovered: //**As far back as 612 B.C.
 * **//Symbol: //** AG, **//Atomic number: //**47 and **// Atomic mass: //**108.
 * **//Symbol source: //** the symbol came from the Latin word for silver (argentum.)
 * **//Number of protons: //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 47, **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">neutrons: //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 61 and <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**//electrons//:** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 47.[[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O51Y5rvfCxM/TSxuHilLVcI/AAAAAAAAA-U/AfWQFLM_t78/s400/1921_peace_dollar.jpg width="84" height="126" align="right"]]
 * **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">melting point: //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 1763.20 °F.
 * **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">boiling point //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">**//://** 3924°F.
 * **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">density: //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 10.501 grams per cubic centimeter.
 * **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Estimated Crustal Abundance: //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">7.5×10-2 milligrams per kilogram.
 * **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Estimated Oceanic Abundance: //**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 4×10-5 milligrams per liter.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Silver, is used to make silverware, jewelry and other decorative items, Silver has also been used to create coins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Silver is also the best reflector of visible light known, but silver mirrors must be given a protective coating to prevent them from tarnishing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">﻿﻿﻿Pure silver is the best conductor of heat and electricity of all known metals, so it is sometimes used in making solder, electrical contacts and printed circuit boards.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Silver iodide is used to seed clouds to produce rain.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Sliver nitrate is light sensitive and is used to make photographic films and papers.
 * **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Sources: //**
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