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- Who discovered Silver and when and where was it discovered - Its is not know who, where and where silver was discovered as it has been in use since prehistoric times and silver items have been found dating back 400 years
- Why is it given the name and symbol it has - It was called silver from its old English name, siolfor or seolfor and its symobl (ag) comes for the Latin argentum
- Physical properties -
- good electricity and heat conductor
- high density
- is able to be dissolved
- is relatively malleable metal
- Chemical properties -
- Silver is almost always monvalent in its compounds but an oxide, flouride and a sulfide of divalent silver are known
- Electron configuration - Kr 4d10 5s1