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Section sizes

Section size for Silver (35 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	2,554	2,554	217	217
Characteristics	6,813	11,218	487	772
Isotopes	4,405	4,405	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	12,133	12,133	1,202	1,202
Symbolic role	4,879	4,879	369	369
Occurrence and production	4,714	11,558	457	857
In marine environments	6,844	6,844	400	400
Monetary use	3,316	4,050	234	306
Price	734	734	72	72
Applications	18	14,564	0	1,274
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	1,374	1,374	137	137
Nanoparticles	929	929	46	46
Miscellanea	3,343	3,343	248	248
Precautions	4,862	4,862	475	475
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	96,988	96,988	7,938	7,938

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June 2, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 1, 2009	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
May 5, 2017	Good article nominee	Listed

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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

It's already there, if we interpret their meaning to be "add this sentence". -- Least Action (talk) 03:29, 28 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

References

↑ doi:10.1016/B978-044452787-5.00109-8

Medical use of colloidal silver for humans.

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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

Photographic use of silver.

Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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

Annual Global Silver Production in 18th century

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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

Done removed before which the world production of silver was around a meagre 50 tonnes per year.. -- Least Action (talk) 03:31, 28 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] :10.1016/B978-044452787-5.00109-8

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Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2024

Medical use of colloidal silver for humans.

Photographic use of silver.

Annual Global Silver Production in 18th century