Silver - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition silver

Definition :

A soft white metallic element sonorous ductile very malleable and capable of a high degree of polish It is found native and also combined with sulphur arsenic antimony chlorine etc in the minerals argentite proustite pyrargyrite ceragyrite etc Silver is one of the ldquonoblerdquo metals so called not being easily oxidized and is used for coin jewelry plate and a great variety of articles Symbol Ag Argentum Atomic weight 1077 Specific gravity 105