Silver Element (Periodic Table)

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Silver (Ag) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 11 and the period 5, and is having the atomic number 47. It is a soft, ductile, malleable, lustrous white transition metal, whose name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “seolfor”.

group
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
period
1
 1
H
 2
He
2
 3
Li
 4
Be
 5
B
 6
C
 7
N
 8
O
 9
F
 10
Ne
3
 11
Na
 12
Mg
 13
Al
 14
Si
 15
P
 16
S
 17
Cl
 18
Ar
4
 19
K
 20
Ca
 21
Sc
 22
Ti
 23
V
 24
Cr
 25
Mn
 26
Fe
 27
Co
 28
Ni
 29
Cu
 30
Zn
 31
Ga
 32
Ge
 33
As
 34
Se
 35
Br
 36
Kr
5
 37
Rb
 38
Sr
 39
Y
 40
Zr
 41
Nb
 42
Mo
 43
Tc
 44
Ru
 45
Rh
 46
Pd
 47
Ag
 48
Cd
 49
In
 50
Sn
 51
Sb
 52
Te
 53
I
 54
Xe
6
 55
Cs
 56
Ba
 72
Hf
 73
Ta
 74
W
 75
Re
 76
Os
 77
Ir
 78
Pt
 79
Au
 80
Hg
 81
Tl
 82
Pb
 83
Bi
 84
Po
 85
At
 86
Rn
7
 87
Fr
 88
Ra
 104
Rf
 105
Db
 106
Sg
 107
Bh
 108
Hs
 109
Mt
 110
Ds
 111
Rg
 112
Cn
 113
Nh
 114
Fl
 115
Mc
 116
Lv
 117
Ts
 118
Og
57
La
 58
Ce
 59
Pr
 60
Nd
 61
Pm
 62
Sm
 63
Eu
 64
Gd
 65
Tb
 66
Dy
 67
Ho
 68
Er
 69
Tm
 70
Yb
 71
Lu
89
Ac
 90
Th
 91
Pa
 92
U
 93
Np
 94
Pu
 95
Am
 96
Cm
 97
Bk
 98
Cf
 99
Es
 100
Fm
 101
Md
 102
No
 103
Lr
– d block

FAQs on Silver Element

Silver
‣ What is the appearance of silver?

Appearance: lustrous white metal
‣ When was silver discovered and by whom?

Discovery: before 5000 BC
‣ Where is silver located on the periodic table?

Silver Periodic Table

Location: Silver is found in the eleventh column of the periodic table, next to the palladium element.
‣ What is silver’s atomic number?

Atomic number (Z): 47
‣ What is silver’s symbol?

Symbol: Ag
‣ What is the atomic weight of silver?

Standard atomic weight: 107.8682
‣ What block is silver in the periodic table?

Block: d-block
‣ What group does silver belong to on the periodic table?

Group: 11
‣ What is silver’s period number?

Period: 5
‣ What is the atomic radius of silver?

Atomic radius: empirical: 144 pm
‣ What is the covalent radius of silver?

Covalent radius: 145±5 pm
‣ Silver Van der Waals radius: 172 pm
‣ What is silver’s melting point?

Melting point: 1234.93 K (961.78 °C, 1763.2 °F)
‣ What is silver’s boiling point?

Boiling point: 2435 K (2162 °C, 3924 °F)
‣ How many electron shells does silver have?

Electrons per shell: 2, 8, 18, 18, 1
‣ What is the ground state electron configuration for silver?

Electron configuration: [Kr] 4d10 5s1
‣ What is the ionization energy of silver?

Ionization energies:
1st: 731.0 kJ/mol
2nd: 2070 kJ/mol
3rd: 3361 kJ/mol
‣ What is silver’s phase in room temperature?

Phase (at r.t): solid
‣ What is silver’s density?

Density (near r.t): 10.49 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p): 9.320 g/cm3
‣ Silver magnetic ordering: diamagnetic
‣ Silver natural occurrence: primordial
‣ What is the oxidation state of silver?

Oxidation state: +1
‣ What’s the electronegativity of silver?

Electronegativity: Pauling scale: 1.93
‣ Silver poisson’s ratio: 0.37
‣ Silver heat of fusion: 11.28 kJ/mol
‣ Silver heat of vaporization: 254 kJ/mol
‣ Silver molar heat capacity: 25.350 J/(mol K)
‣ Silver molar magnetic susceptibility: -19.5 × 10-6 cm3/mol (296 K)
‣ Speed of sound in silver: 2680 m/s (at r.t)
‣ What is the crystal structure of silver?

Crystal structure: face-centered cubic (fcc)
‣ Silver thermal diffusivity: 174 mm2/s (at 300 K)
‣ Thermal expansion of silver: 18.9 µm/(m.K) (at 25 °C)
‣ Thermal conductivity of silver: 429 W/(m.K)
‣ Silver electrical resistivity: 15.87 nΩ.m (at 20 °C)
‣ What is silver’s hardness?

Mohs hardness: 2.5
Brinell hardness: 251 MPa
‣ Young’s modulus of silver: 8.3 GPa
‣ Shear modulus of silver: 30 GPa
‣ Bulk modulus of silver: 100 GPa
‣ Silver CAS number: 7440-22-4

‣ Silver vapor pressure

Vapor pressure
P (Pa)1101001 k10 k100 k
at T (K)128314131575178220552433

‣ How many isotopes does silver have?

Main isotopes of silver
IsotopeAbundanceHalf-life (t1/2)Decay modeProduct
105Agsyn41.2 dε
γ		105Pd
–
106Agsyn8.28 dε
γ		106Pd
–
107Ag51.839 %stable
108Agsyn418 yε
IT
γ		108Pd
108Ag
–
109Ag48.161 %stable
110Agsyn249.95 dβ–
γ		110Cd
–
111Agsyn7.45 dβ–
γ		111Cd
–

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