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silver (chemical element)
silver (chemical element)

Current commodity price

€20.53 per troy ounce
€20.53 per troy ounce

Periodic table location

Periodic table location
Periodic table location

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Basic elemental properties

atomic symbol | Ag atomic number | 47 short electronic configuration | [Kr]5s^14d^10 Aufbau diagram | 4d  5s  block | d group | 11 period | 5 atomic mass | 107.8682 u (unified atomic mass units)
atomic symbol | Ag atomic number | 47 short electronic configuration | [Kr]5s^14d^10 Aufbau diagram | 4d 5s block | d group | 11 period | 5 atomic mass | 107.8682 u (unified atomic mass units)

Thermodynamic properties

phase at STP | solid melting point | 961.78 °C (rank: 49th) boiling point | 2162 °C (rank: 51st) molar heat of fusion | 11.3 kJ/mol (rank: 42nd) molar heat of vaporization | 255 kJ/mol (rank: 50th) specific heat at STP | 235 J/(kg K) (rank: 49th) (properties at standard conditions)
phase at STP | solid melting point | 961.78 °C (rank: 49th) boiling point | 2162 °C (rank: 51st) molar heat of fusion | 11.3 kJ/mol (rank: 42nd) molar heat of vaporization | 255 kJ/mol (rank: 50th) specific heat at STP | 235 J/(kg K) (rank: 49th) (properties at standard conditions)

Material properties

density | 10.49 g/cm^3 (rank: 25th) liquid density | 9.32 g/cm^3 molar volume | 10.283 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2.5 (between gypsum and calcite) Vickers hardness | 251 MPa (rank: 40th) Brinell hardness | 24.5 MPa (rank: 55th) bulk modulus | 100 GPa (rank: 23rd) shear modulus | 30 GPa Young's modulus | 83 GPa (rank: 23rd) Poisson ratio | 0.37 (rank: 7th) ultimate tensile strength | 140 MPa (rank: 19th) sound speed | 2600 m/s (rank: 43rd) thermal expansion | 1.89×10^-5 K^(-1) (rank: 19th) thermal conductivity | 430 W/(m K) (rank: 1st) (properties at standard conditions)
density | 10.49 g/cm^3 (rank: 25th) liquid density | 9.32 g/cm^3 molar volume | 10.283 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2.5 (between gypsum and calcite) Vickers hardness | 251 MPa (rank: 40th) Brinell hardness | 24.5 MPa (rank: 55th) bulk modulus | 100 GPa (rank: 23rd) shear modulus | 30 GPa Young's modulus | 83 GPa (rank: 23rd) Poisson ratio | 0.37 (rank: 7th) ultimate tensile strength | 140 MPa (rank: 19th) sound speed | 2600 m/s (rank: 43rd) thermal expansion | 1.89×10^-5 K^(-1) (rank: 19th) thermal conductivity | 430 W/(m K) (rank: 1st) (properties at standard conditions)

Electromagnetic properties

electrical type | conductor resistivity | 1.6×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 6.2×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -2.38×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -2.27×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -2.45×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | (4.52 to 4.74) eV threshold frequency | (1.093×10^15 to 1.146×10^15) Hz (hertz) color | (silver) (work function range from 3 different crystalline orientations)
electrical type | conductor resistivity | 1.6×10^-8 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 6.2×10^7 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -2.38×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -2.27×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -2.45×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | (4.52 to 4.74) eV threshold frequency | (1.093×10^15 to 1.146×10^15) Hz (hertz) color | (silver) (work function range from 3 different crystalline orientations)

Reactivity

valence | 1 electronegativity | 1.93 electron affinity | 125.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 731 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 731 kJ/mol | 2070 kJ/mol | 3361 kJ/mol
valence | 1 electronegativity | 1.93 electron affinity | 125.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 731 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 731 kJ/mol | 2070 kJ/mol | 3361 kJ/mol
Reactivity
Reactivity

Atomic properties

term symbol | ^2S_(1/2) atomic radius | 160 pm covalent radius | 145 pm van der Waals radius | 172 pm (electronic ground state properties)
term symbol | ^2S_(1/2) atomic radius | 160 pm covalent radius | 145 pm van der Waals radius | 172 pm (electronic ground state properties)
 (neutral silver atomic spectrum)
(neutral silver atomic spectrum)

Abundances

universe abundance | 6×10^-8 mass% (rank: 68th) solar abundance | 1×10^-7 mass% (rank: 57th) meteorite abundance | 1.4×10^-5 mass% (rank: 62nd) crust abundance | 7.9×10^-6 mass% (rank: 67th) ocean abundance | 1×10^-8 mass% (rank: 40th) universe molar abundance | 7×10^-10 mol% (rank: 64th) solar molar abundance | 9.9×10^-10 mol% (rank: 53rd) meteorite molar abundance | 2×10^-6 mol% (rank: 56th) ocean molar abundance | 5.7×10^-10 mol% (rank: 52nd) crust molar abundance | 2×10^-6 mol% (rank: 69th)
universe abundance | 6×10^-8 mass% (rank: 68th) solar abundance | 1×10^-7 mass% (rank: 57th) meteorite abundance | 1.4×10^-5 mass% (rank: 62nd) crust abundance | 7.9×10^-6 mass% (rank: 67th) ocean abundance | 1×10^-8 mass% (rank: 40th) universe molar abundance | 7×10^-10 mol% (rank: 64th) solar molar abundance | 9.9×10^-10 mol% (rank: 53rd) meteorite molar abundance | 2×10^-6 mol% (rank: 56th) ocean molar abundance | 5.7×10^-10 mol% (rank: 52nd) crust molar abundance | 2×10^-6 mol% (rank: 69th)