Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Latin: argentum, from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήεντος - argēentos, gen. of ἀργήεις - argēeis, "white, shining" ) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. The metal occurs naturally in its...

Chemical Element

Symbol:

  • Ag

Chemical series:

Atomic mass:

Mass Uncertainty
  • 107.8682
  • 0.0002

Atomic number:

  • 47

Electron affinity:

Value Uncertainty
  • 1.30447 eV
  • 0.00002 eV

Electronegativity (Pauling scale):

  • 1.93

Covalent radius:

  • 1.53 pm

Van der Waals radius:

  • 210 pm

Melting Point:

  • 961.95 °C

Boiling Point:

  • 2,162.85 °C

Periodic table block:

Ionization Energy:

  • 7.5762 eV

Discovery Date:

  • 5000 B.C.E.

Electron Configuration:

  • Kr 4d10 5s1

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