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PURE SILVER HAS THE HIGHEST ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ALL METALS.

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SILVER CAN BE USED AS A GERMICIDE AGAINST LOWER ORGANISMS WITHOUT HARMING HIGHER ANIMALS.

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SILVER CAN BE DEPOSITED INTO VARIOUS BODILY TISSUE.

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COMMERCIAL FINE SILVER IS AT LEAST 99.9% PURE SILVER.

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SILVER OCCURS ORGANICALLY IN ORES SUCH AS ARGENTITE, LEAD, COPPER, GOLD, AND COPPER-NICKEL.

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STERLING SILVER IS THE MOST COMMONLY SEEN FORM OF SILVER TODAY.

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SILVER IS USED IN MIRROR PRODUCTION AND DEPOSITED ON GLASS OR METALS.

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SILVER IS ACTUALLY A POOR REFLECTOR OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.

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OVER 30% OF INDUSTRIAL SILVER CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES IS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCTION.

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SILVER IS USED TO MAKE SOLDER AND BRAZING ALLOYS.

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SILVER IODIDE IS USED IN SEEDING CLOUDS TO PRODUCE RAIN.

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THE ACT OF PROCESSING SILVER SOMETIMES CREATES THE POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE, SILVER FULMINATE.

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HUMANS LEARNED TO SEPARATE SILVER FROM LEAD AS EARLY AS 3,000 B.C.

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SOLAR PANELS AND AUTOMOBILE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SILVER’S CONDUCTIVE QUALITIES.

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ONE OUNCE OF SILVER CAN BE DRAWN INTO 8,000 FEET OF THIN WIRE.

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ONE GRAIN OF SILVER CAN CREATE A SHEET THAT IS 100X THINNER THAN PAPER.

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THE TOP PRODUCERS OF SILVER ARE THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CANADA, PERU, RUSSIA, AND AUSTRALIA.

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UNITED STATES COINAGE BEFORE 1965 CONTAINED 90% SILVER.

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HOSPITALS USE SILVER ON A DAILY BASIS FOR X-RAY FILM.

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SILVER IS USED FOR BATTERIES WHERE DEPENDABILITY IS MANDATORY SUCH AS PACEMAKERS, HEARING AIDS, AND SPACE TRAVEL.

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AS OF 2007, 455.5 MILLION OUNCES OF SILVER WERE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.

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SILVER ION TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE SAMSUNG WASHING MACHINE TO REMOVE BACTERIA WITHOUT BLEACH.

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LANCE ARMSTRONG USED SILVER COATED FABRIC TO CONTROL INFLAMMATION AND PROMOTE HEALING DURING COMPETITIONS.

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MANY OF THE WORLD’S AIRLINES USE SILVER WATER FILTERS TO PROTECT PASSENGERS FROM DISEASE TRANSMISSION DURING FLIGHTS.

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NASA CHOSE SILVER AS THE PURIFYING AGENT IN THE FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM.

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SILVERED WINDOWS ON CARS REFLECT 70% OF SOLAR ENERGY.

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SILVER IS USED EXTENSIVELY FOR COMPUTER KEYBOARDS, TVS, AND MOBILE PHONES.

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SILVER DOES NOT CORRODE.

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THE ACT OF TURNING ON A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE ACTIVATES A SWITCH WITH SILVER CONTACTS, WHICH COMPLETES THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT.

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1 OUT OF EVERY 7 PAIRS OF PRESCRIPTION GLASSES IN THE UNITED STATES INCORPORATES SILVER.

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THE ONLY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT RHYMES WITH “SILVER” IS “CHILVER”, WHICH MEANS “EWE LAMB”.

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SILVER IS USED TO REPRESENT THE TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

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BEFORE 1797, BRITISH PENNIES WERE MADE OUT OF SILVER.

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ARGENTINA WAS NAMED FROM “ARGENTUM”, THE SILVER’S LATIN NAME.

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SILVER IS THE METAL OF THE MOON.

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SILVER, IN ITS PURE FORM, IS SO SOFT THAT IT MUST BE MIXED WITH OTHER METALS TO MAKE INTO JEWELRY.

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IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND MEDIEVAL EUROPE, SILVER WAS CONSIDERED MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD.

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SILVER COMPOUNDS WERE USED IN WORLD WAR I TO PREVENT INFECTION.

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FOR EVERY OUNCE OF GOLD ON EARTH, THERE ARE 17 OUNCES OF SILVER.

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COIN SILVER MELTS AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURE THAN STERLING SILVER DUE TO ITS COPPER ALLOY.

“ALPACA SILVER” ACTUALLY HAS NO SILVER CONTENT. IT IS AN ALLOY OF METALS SIMILAR TO STAINLESS STEEL.

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SILVER ALLOYS ARE USED IN DENTAL FILLINGS.

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KING HENRY II OF ENGLAND STARTED SILVER CURRENCY AROUND 1158.

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ANCIENT PHOENICIANS USED SILVER BOTTLES TO STORE WATER, WINE, AND VINEGAR.

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IN 1900, THERE WERE 12 BILLION OUNCES OF SILVER IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE ONLY 300 MILLION OUNCES OF ABOVE-GROUND, REFINED SILVER LEFT TODAY.

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