Silver

Silver: physical properties

Temperatures

• Melting point: 1234.93 [or 961.78 °C (1763.2 °F)] K
• Boiling point: 2435 [or 2162 °C (3924 °F)] K (liquid range: 1200.07  K
• Critical temperature: no data  K
• Superconduction temperature: no data  K

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Expansion and conduction properties

• Thermal conductivity: 430  W m^-1 K^-1
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 18.9  x 10^-6 K^-1

Bulk properties

• Density of solid: 10490  kg m^-3
• Molar volume: 10.27  cm³
• Velocity of sound: 2600  m s^-1

Elastic properties

• Youngs modulus: 83  GPa
• Rigidity modulus: 30  GPa
• Bulk modulus: 100  GPa
• Poissons ratio: 0.37  (no units)

Hardnesses

• Mineral hardness: 2.5  (no units)
• Brinell hardness: 24.5  MN m^-2
• Vickers hardness: 251  MN m^-2

Electrical properties

• Electrical resistivity: 1.6  10^-8 Ω m; or mΩ cm

Optical properties

The image above is a virtual representation of silver metal calculated by Patrick Callet using the complex diectric function of the element only.

• Reflectivity: 97  %
• Refractive index: no data  (no units)

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