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Section size for Silver (33 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,043	3,043
Characteristics	6,853	11,303
Isotopes	4,450	4,450
Chemistry	7,498	7,498
Compounds	14	16,788
Oxides and chalcogenides	1,618	1,618
Halides	2,728	2,728
Other inorganic compounds	4,019	4,019
Coordination compounds	3,512	3,512
Organometallic	2,744	2,744
Intermetallic	2,153	2,153
Etymology	2,367	2,367
History	12,207	12,207
Symbolic role	4,807	4,807
Occurrence and production	6,129	12,950
In marine environments	6,821	6,821
Monetary use	3,308	4,038
Price	730	730
Applications	18	14,824
Jewellery and silverware	2,187	2,187
Medicine	3,136	3,136
Electronics	1,567	1,567
Brazing alloys	529	529
Chemical equipment	633	633
Catalysis	848	848
Photography	1,405	1,405
Nanoparticles	1,527	1,527
Miscellanea	2,974	2,974
Precautions	3,416	3,416
See also	228	228
References	1,381	1,381
Cited sources	530	530
External links	1,452	1,452
Total	96,832	96,832

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Silver Valley, Idaho

How is Silver Valley, Idaho the world’s largest silver contributor, not mentioned? 2001:5B0:2D1F:DE88:E529:5F63:E4CB:4A00 (talk) 03:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think I didn't that I aded the text "Silver Valley, (in) Idaho is the world’s largest silver contributor." I only added the text "Silver is a naturally occurring element. It is found in the environment combined with other elements such as sulfide, chloride, and nitrate. Pure silver is “silver” colored, but silver nitrate and silver chloride are powdery white and silver sul fide and silver oxide are dark-gray to black. Silver is often found as a by-product during the retrieval of copper, lead, zinc, and gold ores. " that I found on https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts146.pdf Elfling1979 (talk) 14:57, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

add info please

Can anyonde please add the info that is hereunder to the article of silver? Its is protected to edit...

Silver is a naturally occurring element. It is found in the environment combined with other elements such as sulfide, chloride, and nitrate. Pure silver is “silver” colored, but silver nitrate and silver chloride are powdery white and silver sul fide and silver oxide are dark-gray to black. Silver is often found as a by-product during the retrieval of copper, lead, zinc, and gold ores. Elfling1979 (talk) 15:20, 3 March 2023 (UTC) ^[1][reply]

The above has some significant errors. First sulfide, chloride and nitrate are NOT ELEMENTS!! Secondly, while the Chloride and Sulfide anions are single element ions, and the term 'element' could be stretched to include them, nitrate is a molecular ion of N and O atoms. Secondly, it's self-referential to describe silver as "silver colored". Preferred would be "metallic" or "white metallic" or "colorless metallic". Third it is almost certain that it's not found as a powder. Fourth, minerals are often (usually?) colored differently from the pure compounds because of the presence of trace contaminants. While I do not know for a fact, the claim that these minerals are found as either white or dark gray is dubious and requires a reference. As a whole, this article is - as far as I've read - of fair quality, but has a lot of deficiencies, imho. In the medical section, it's implied that its in vivo toxicity is RELEVANT to the amounts of silver ions present, CLINICALLY, in the human body, due to the presence of metallic silver. This claim also requires a better citation. Finally, (although I'm not mentioning a number of other flaws), I came to this article looking for the amount of lead, Pb, in silver coins (in circulation). NOTHING? SERIOUSLY?? Wow. To add insult to injury, the contamination of Pb in Ag jewelry was widely publicized about 20 years ago. Again, nothing here about it. Why not?? If silver is often obtained from lead ores, then it should be obvious that the trace levels of Pb ought to be mentioned. This article (which is pretty typical for Wikipedia) conflates the minerals and ores found in nature with the pure compounds only found in the lab. 'Nuff said.98.17.181.251 (talk) 18:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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^ https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts146.pdf

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+Top 6 Production Stage Silver Mines (2011)^[1] !Mine !Country !2010 Production !2020 Production Research111 (talk) 09:18, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NotAGenious (talk) 15:32, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ CPM Group (2011). The CPM Silver Yearbook 2011. New York, NY: Euromoney Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-9826741-4-7.

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Add pronunciation of this element. 2001:EE0:4BC9:4070:C19F:C86:76EB:92C7 (talk) 12:47, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: per MOS:IPA, the pronounciation of this should be pretty clear. NotAGenious (talk) 13:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A soft, white, lustrous, transition of noble metals. it exhibits the highest it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal.^[1] Twilight789 (talk) 20:45, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ doi:10.1016/B978-044452787-5.00109-8

[1] ttps://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts146.pdf

[2] CPM Group (2011). The CPM Silver Yearbook 2011. New York, NY: Euromoney Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-9826741-4-7.

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 Add pronunciation of this element. [[Special:Contributions/2001:EE0:4BC9:4070:C19F:C86:76EB:92C7|2001:EE0:4BC9:4070:C19F:C86:76EB:92C7]] ([[User talk:2001:EE0:4BC9:4070:C19F:C86:76EB:92C7|talk]]) 12:47, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 :[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:ESp --> per [[MOS:IPA]], the pronounciation of this should be pretty clear. [[User:NotAGenious|NotAGenious]] ([[User talk:NotAGenious|talk]]) 13:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
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+A soft, white, lustrous, transition of noble metals. it exhibits the highest it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal.<ref>doi:10.1016/B978-044452787-5.00109-8</ref> [[User:Twilight789|Twilight789]] ([[User talk:Twilight789|talk]]) 20:45, 22 July 2024 (UTC)