It has a beautiful bluish white metallic luster and is one of the metal elements that is slightly lighter and harder than gold. There is also natural silver, but it exists mainly in the form of sulfides such as argentite.
Industrially, it is refined by the cyanidation method, the dry method, etc. The conductivity of electricity and heat is the largest among metals, and the malleability and ductility are the second largest after gold. It is stable in the air, but it becomes silver peroxide due to ozone, and it binds directly to sulfur and turns black. Used for money, decoration, etc. Chemical symbol Ag Atomic number 47. Japanese said “Gin”.
