30-50% of silver used in electronics. 20-30% go to coins or bullions. Jewerly and kitchenware are small part today.
And industry silver is much cleaner than kitchenware. Electronics usually use 99.97% silver, jewerly and kitchenware use in the best case 80% silver alloys.
Silver is resistant to oxidation, but does not to sulfatation, that is why silver quickly covers with black silver sulfide layer. In terms of rusting it is not as good as stainless steel or gold.
If you want silver for antimicrobal properties, then don't use kitchenware, it will add 20% of who knows what metal ions, use silver from silver wiring, shielding from a piece of silver coaxial cable is a way to go f.e., not your teaspoon. It also will have much bigger surface, so much more Ag ions in your water/tea/drink/whatever.
Silver's primary use is jewellery and tableware because of it's anti-microbial properties and resistance to oxidation, not excellent heat transfer.
30-50% of silver used in electronics. 20-30% go to coins or bullions. Jewerly and kitchenware are small part today.
And industry silver is much cleaner than kitchenware. Electronics usually use 99.97% silver, jewerly and kitchenware use in the best case 80% silver alloys.
Silver is resistant to oxidation, but does not to sulfatation, that is why silver quickly covers with black silver sulfide layer. In terms of rusting it is not as good as stainless steel or gold.
If you want silver for antimicrobal properties, then don't use kitchenware, it will add 20% of who knows what metal ions, use silver from silver wiring, shielding from a piece of silver coaxial cable is a way to go f.e., not your teaspoon. It also will have much bigger surface, so much more Ag ions in your water/tea/drink/whatever.
Yep. Also, silver is critical for high end mirrors. These are critical for manufacturing at the micro scale. lithography, projectors, lasers.
thanks, I did look it up, seems I found the wrong info
I did look it up, seems my sources were useless
A lot of silver used to be used in photography. That went away.
Damn hipsters and there... silver nitrate.
I blame the Beatles and their Maxwell's Silver Hammer.