•   Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Synonyms:

silver powder, Ag, silver nanopowder, silver nanoparticles, silver metal, silver shot, silver pieces, silver foil, silver wire, silver tube, CAS # 7440-22-4,  

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Designations:

Chemical Name: Silver

Chemical Formula: Ag

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Description:

Known since ancient times, it is believed man was separating silver from lead as early as 3000 B.C. Pure silver is a lustrous, white metal, more ductile and malleable than any other metal, excluding gold. Silver is the best reflector of visible light known until air causes it to tarnish. In pure air and in water, it is stable. Silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals. SOFT, DUCTILE, LUSTROUS WHITE METAL, NO ODOR

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Chemical Properties Available:

99.5% to 99.999%

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Physical Properties Available:

Shot, pieces, powder, nanoparticles, nanopowder, foil, wire, and tube

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Physical Constants:

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Typical Applications:

a) Jewelry, silverware, electronic equipment, electrical contacts, dental alloy fillings, photographic processing, batteries, solder / brazing alloys, and disinfecting water.

b) The principal use of silver is as a precious metal and its halide salts, especially silver nitrate, are also widely used in photography. The major outlets are photography, the electrical and electronic industries and for domestic uses as cutlery, jewellery and mirrors.

c) Both colour and black and white images have relied on silver since the early days of photography: siver bromide and silver iodide are sensitive to light. When light strikes a film coated with one of these compounds, some of the silver ions revert to the metal in tiny nuclei and the film is developed with a reducing agent which causes more silver to deposit on these nuclei. When the negative has the desired intensity, the uneffected silver bromide or iodide is removed by dissoving in a fixing agent, leaving the image behind.

d) Silver is also employed in the electrical industry: printed circuits are made using silver paints, and computer keyboards use silver electrical contacts.

e) Silver's catalytic properties make it ideal for use as a catalyst in oxidation reactions. Other applications are in dentistry and in high-capacity zinc long-life batteries. 

• What is colloidal silver?  

a) Colloidal silver is a suspension of the element silver in a solution usually water. In response to the growing popularity and unsubstantiated claims, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Final Rule on August 17, 1999, stating that all over-the-counter (OTC) products containing colloidal silver or silver salts are not recognized as safe nor effective. If you are considering or using a colloidal silver product, or any type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), talk with all your health care providers.

b) Discussing its use is important for your safety and helps each provider make sure that all aspects of your health care are working together. This is especially important if you are pregnant, nursing a baby, or considering treating a child. 

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Packaging Options:

Jars, pails, and drums

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

1) Listed. For further information please call the E.P.A. at +1.202.554.1404

2) Studies have shown that nano-particulate silver might be harmful to the environment.

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder Chemical Abstract Service Number:

CAS# 7440-22-4

• Silver (Ag) Metal & Powder UN Number:

3089