Silver is the chemical element in the periodic table which has symbol Ag and atomic number 47.
It is a soft, white and shiny transition metal. Silver is a very ductile and malleable metal, barely harder than gold, with a white metallic sheen that is accentuated by polishing. It has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, even higher than that of copper which, however, has greater diffusion due to its lower cost.
The highest production in the last two centuries has occurred in Mexico from the Guanajuato mine. Mexico is the main silver producer in the world.
Silver has been known since ancient times. It is already mentioned in cuneiform texts of the III millennium BC, in the book of Genesis, and the analysis of remains in the archaeological sites of Asia Minor, the Aegean islands and the Near East, indicates that the silver already in the IV millennium BC it was separated from lead, and that the techniques of chisel, embossing and damascening remained until the modern age.
The value of silver fell sharply when the discovery of deposits in Latin America (except Peru which already had an advanced culture of precious metals) such as the mines of Zacatecas and Potosí, led to inflation of the metal. Silver gives its name to a nation, Argentina, and to its main river, the Río de la Plata - from its Spanish name, plata. During the 19th century, gold began to be demonetized while silver will follow the same fate in the following century. While gold still remains partly in central bank coffers today, silver was gradually liquidated.
Silver is mainly used as a precious metal. Some of the most popular possible uses are:
- To produce high conductivity contacts in electrical and electronic products, for example the electrical contacts of keyboards.
- To prepare photographic emulsions, for which silver halides are used: iodide, bromide and chloride.
- To produce mirrors with higher reflectance; common mirrors are made with aluminum.
- The production of silver coins, which dates back to the 8th century BC; the words "silver" and "money" are identical or very similar in at least 14 languages.
- Due to its splendor it is used to produce jewelery and cutlery sets and tableware (silverware), traditionally produced with sterling silver, an alloy that contains 92.5% silver.
- The silver chloride can be made transparent and used as a cement for glass.
- Silver iodide is used to sow clouds to produce rain.
- Silver is also a food additive (E 174), used as a colorant in particular for sugar-coated candies and dragees, to obtain a metallic color.
The giveaway
We keep the same distribution modalities of the previous element: speed and extraction.
This element has a max supply of 200 NTFs and 111 are dedicated to the giveaway, divided as follows:
- 31 NFTs will be assigned to the fastest users to comment on this article with their wax address
- 80 NFTs will be assigned with an extraction among all the others who will comment on the article with their wax address by May 5 at 16:00 CEST
We remind you of 1 user - 1 wallet
The Periodic Table NFT project
The Periodic Table NFT project aims to raise awareness of chemical elements in a modern key, basing the approach on blockchain and Non Fungible Token.
Day after day it will be possible to know the single elements that make up the table, to collect curiosities about each of them and about the table in general.
We are working to be able to learn, in a playful way, also what happens by combining the various elements.
The whole project is based on the collection of NFTs that can be bought on the site https://wax.atomichub.io/market?collection_name=periodicelem&order=desc&sort=created&symbol=WAX or by participating in simple giveaways published on publish0x.
Elements released
- The first 30 elements
- #31 Gallium (max supply 200)
- #32 Germanium (max supply 149)
- #33 Arsenic (max supply 200)
- #34 Selenium (max supply 99)
- #35 Bromine (max supply 200)
- #36 Krypton (max supply 200)
- #37 Rubidium (max supply 249)
- #38 Strontium (max supply 200)
- #39 Yttrium (max supply 149)
- #40 Zirconium (max supply 99)
- #41 Niobium (max supply 200)
- #42 Molybdenum (max supply 200)
- #43 Technetium (max supply 200)
- #44 Ruthenium (max supply 299)
- #45 Rhodium (max supply 99)
- #46 Palladium (max supply 200)
- #47 Silver (max supply 200)
Molecule released
- H2O - Water (max supply 37)
- NaCl - Salt (max supply 64)
- CaC2 - Calcium carbide (max supply 46)
- KMnO4 - Potassium permanganate (max supply 57)
- HCN - Hydrogen cyanide (max supply 59)
- CH2N2 - Diazomethane (max supply 46)
- LiCoO2 - Lithium cobalt oxide (max supply 53)
- LiBH4 - Lithium borohydride (max supply 51)
- PSYCO - Strychnine (max supply 62)
Celebrity released
- Lavoisier (max supply 149)
- Glauber (max supply 149)
- Marggraf (max supply 149)
- Curie (max supply 149)
Link to save
- Market on atomichub for the purchase of NFTs
- Blog on publish0x to be updated
- Telegram channel
- Discord: in the "all-projects" channel
- The Periodic Table of Elements WAX Book
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