Silver
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (Greek:άργυρος árguros, Latin:argentum, both from the Indo-European root *h₂erǵ- for "grey" or "shining") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity of any metal. The metal occurs naturally in its pure, free form (native silver), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Physical properties
Values for the element in its standard state.
- Density
- 10.49g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1,235K
- Boiling point
- 2,435K
- Atomic radius
- 153pm
- Bonding type
- Metallic
- Molar heat
- 25.35J/(mol·K)
Inside the atom
Electron arrangement and the energy behind its behavior.
Full electron configuration
[Kr] represents 36 core electrons. The full view shows them explicitly.
- Electronegativity
- 1.93Pauling scale
- First ionization energy
- 731kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- 126kJ/mol
- Van der Waals radius
- 172pm
About silver
- Appearance
- Lustrous white metal
- Discovery
- Ancient (unknown, before 5000 BC)
- Data source
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