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silver?

meg asked:

ok i have always been wondering this, where did silver come from and who found it and named it?????

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2 Responses to “silver?”

  1. Silver is mined and is an element.

    It is hard to know when it was discovered as it was in ancient times LONG before records were properly kept. You might be able to find ancient texts mentioning it, but hard to be more specific. Think in terms of THOUSANDS of years BC
    gives the discovery dates of many elements but as expected, silver is left blank.

  2. Silver : from Anglo-Saxon seolfor, compare Old High German silabar

    Chemical symbol is: Ag is from the Latin argentum

    Silver is a part of the earth crust and can be mined. I seems as long as human beings exist they know the metal, in former times it was a symbolic element for the moon (and gold for the sun).

    But when you really think about it:

    after the big bang around 14 bn years ago only H (Hydrogen) and a small amount of He (Helium) has been formed, all other elements of the periodic table has been formed under extreme pressure and temperature in stars, our earth is considered to have formed around 4 bn years ago freom debris of exploding stars. As silver is a basic element it is really old.

    There are no natural conditions on our earth to form new elements (only in high tech labs), only reactions between elements are possible.

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