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Section sizes Section size for Silver (35 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 2,876 2,876 285 285 Characteristics 6,809 11,232 487 772 Isotopes 4,423 4,423 285 285 Chemistry 7,564 7,564 684 684 Compounds 14 16,820 0 1,656 Oxides and chalcogenides 1,618 1,618 177 177 Halides 2,728 2,728 265 265 Other inorganic compounds 4,019 4,019 314 314 Coordination compounds 3,512 3,512 401 401 Organometallic 2,776 2,776 216 216 Intermetallic 2,153 2,153 283 283 Etymology 1,761 1,761 126 126 History 12,216 12,216 1,216 1,216 Symbolic role 4,835 4,835 371 371 Occurrence and production 6,306 13,156 491 891 In marine environments 6,850 6,850 400 400 Monetary use 3,309 4,043 234 306 Price 734 734 72 72 Applications 18 14,878 0 1,270 Jewellery and silverware 2,187 2,187 267 267 Medicine 3,136 3,136 216 216 Electronics 1,567 1,567 110 110 Brazing alloys 529 529 55 55 Chemical equipment 633 633 85 85 Catalysis 848 848 110 110 Photography 1,441 1,441 144 144 Nanoparticles 1,527 1,527 76 76 Miscellanea 2,992 2,992 207 207 Precautions 3,418 3,418 382 382 See also 249 249 0 0 Notes 26 26 0 0 References 16 3,332 0 0 Citations 1,383 1,383 0 0 Bibliography 1,933 1,933 0 0 External links 1,418 1,418 0 0 Total 97,824 97,824 7,959 7,959

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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]

 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. GrayStorm^{(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.)} 21:21, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst this is a controversial topic, surely it is common enough to warrant discussion? What is best practice on this? I dont know anywhere near enough about it to contribute. 2001:8003:E40F:9601:3841:A705:4031:597D (talk) 11:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot edit this article so hope someone will to do it for me. In the sub-section Photography, at the end of the last sentence the word 'tuning' should read 'toning'. This can be linked to the Wikpedia article on photographic print toning which can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_print_toning . I could add more but it is tedious to have to write everything out like this rather than just making the changes myself. Itreallyisme (talk) 10:10, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thanks for the suggestion. Travellers & Tinkers (talk) 16:31, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article states "Many of these mines were soon exhausted, but a few of them remained active until the Industrial Revolution, before which the world production of silver was around a meagre 50 tonnes per year.[66]"

This seems very doubtful, with other sources showing over ten times that amount. According to Capitalism: A Global History (Beckert, 2025) p. 129, Potosi alone produced 51000 tons of silver in the 18th century. ~2026-27005-05 (talk) 16:29, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]