Silver
- CAS No.
- 7440-22-4
- Chemical Name:
- Silver
- Synonyms
- Ag;Silver powder;l3;Silver nanowires;metallic;SILVER FOIL;Silver flake;Nano Silver Powder;v9;Silber
- CBNumber:
- CB8123794
- Molecular Formula:
- Ag
- Molecular Weight:
- 107.87
- MOL File:
- 7440-22-4.mol
- MSDS File:
- SDS
- Modify Date:
- 2026/7/27 15:52:26
| Melting point | 960 °C(lit.) |
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| Boiling point | 2212 °C(lit.) |
| Density | 1.135 g/mL at 25 °C |
| vapor density | 5.8 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure | 0.05 ( 20 °C) |
| refractive index |
n |
| Flash point | 232 °F |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| solubility | H2O: soluble |
| form | wool |
| color | Yellow |
| Specific Gravity | 10.49 |
| PH | 0.5 (20°C in H2O) |
| Odor | Odorless |
| Resistivity | 1-3 * 10^-5 Ω-cm (conductive paste) &_& 1.59 μΩ-cm, 20°C |
| Water Solubility | insoluble |
| Electrical Conductivity | 6.2× 107S/m |
| Thermal Conductivity | 430 W/(m·K) |
| Specific Heat Capacity | Cp(crystal): 0.24 J/(g·K); Cp(gas): 0.19 J/(g·K), at 25℃ |
| ex/em | λex 494 nm; λem 505 nm |
| Sensitive | Light Sensitive |
| Merck | 13,8577 |
| Exposure limits |
ACGIH:TLV-TWA 0.1 mg/m3— Metal dust and fume OSHA:PEL-TWA 0.01 mg/m3 NIOSH:REL-TWA 0.01 mg/m3 |
| Stability | Stable. Substances to be avoided include strong acids and strong bases, tartaric acid, oxalic acid. Blackened by contact with ozone, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur. Powder is highly flammable. |
| Cosmetics Ingredients Functions |
SLIP MODIFIER DEODORANT SKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS ANTIMICROBIAL COLORANT |
| InChI | 1S/Ag |
| InChIKey | BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES | [Ag] |
| Poissons Ratio | 0.37 |
| Modulus of Elasticity | 71.0 GPa, Typical of CP silver. |
| Shear Modulus | 26.0 GPa, calculated |
| Hardness, Vickers | 25, Annealed |
| CAS DataBase Reference | 7440-22-4(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference | Silver(7440-22-4) |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Silver (7440-22-4) |
SAFETY
Risk and Safety Statements
| Symbol(GHS) |    GHS07,GHS08,GHS09 |
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| Signal word | Warning | |||||||||
| Hazard statements | H302-H373-H410 | |||||||||
| Precautionary statements | P273-P301+P312+P330-P314 | |||||||||
| Hazard Codes | N,Xn,T,Xi,F | |||||||||
| Risk Statements | 22-38-20/21-10-40-34-23/24/25-36/37/38-67-36-11-50/53-36/38 | |||||||||
| Safety Statements | 26-24/25-25-45-36/37/39-23-16-7-61 | |||||||||
| RIDADR | UN 3264 8/PG 3 | |||||||||
| OEB | E | |||||||||
| OEL | TWA: 0.01 mg/m3 | |||||||||
| WGK Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| RTECS | VW3500000 | |||||||||
| F | 8 | |||||||||
| TSCA | TSCA listed | |||||||||
| HazardClass | 6.1 | |||||||||
| PackingGroup | III | |||||||||
| HS Code | 71069110 | |||||||||
| Storage Class | 13 - Non Combustible Solids | |||||||||
| Hazardous Substances Data | 7440-22-4(Hazardous Substances Data) | |||||||||
| Toxicity | PEL (OSHA) 0.01 mg/m3 TLV-TWA (ACGIH) 0.1 mg/m3 (silver metal) TLV-TWA (ACGIH) 0.01 mg/m3 (soluble silver compounds, as Ag) |
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| IDLA | 10 mg Ag/m3 | |||||||||
| REACH Registrations | Active | |||||||||
| Limited Quantities | 5.0 L (1.3 gallons) (liquid) or 5.0 kg (11 lbs) (solid) | |||||||||
| Excepted Quantities | Max Inner Pack (30g or 30ml) and Max Outer Pack (1Kg or 1L) | |||||||||
| NFPA 704 |
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Silver price More Price(96)
| Manufacturer | Product number | Product description | CAS number | Packaging | Price | Updated | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich(India) | 85131 | Silver colloidal, 65-75% Ag basis | 7440-22-4 | 10G | ₹10300.8 | 2022-06-14 | Buy |
| Sigma-Aldrich(India) | 85131 | Silver colloidal, 65-75% Ag basis | 7440-22-4 | 50G | ₹25929.6 | 2022-06-14 | Buy |
| Sigma-Aldrich(India) | 808032 | Silver Nanowires, diam. × L 70?nm (±10?nm) × 40?μm (±5?μm), 5?mg/mL (in IPA) | 7440-22-4 | 25ML | ₹26629.5 | 2022-06-14 | Buy |
| Sigma-Aldrich(India) | 807923 | Silver Nanowires, diam. × L 70?nm (±10?nm) × 40?μm (±5?μm), 5?mg/mL (in ETH) | 7440-22-4 | 25ML | ₹26629.5 | 2022-06-14 | Buy |
| Sigma-Aldrich(India) | 807826 | Silver Nanowires, diam. × L 70?nm (±10?nm) × 40?μm (±5?μm), 5?mg/mL (in water) | 7440-22-4 | 25ML | ₹27306 | 2022-06-14 | Buy |
Silver Chemical Properties,Uses,Production
Description
Silver is one of the earliest known metals. Silver has no known physiologic or biologic function, though colloidal silver is widely sold in health food stores. Silver has high thermal and electrical conductivity and resists oxidation in air that is devoid of hydrogen sulfide.
Chemical Properties
Silver is a white lustrous metal that is extremely ductile and malleable. Silver does not oxidize in O2 by heating. It becomes Ag2O3 in O3 and black Ag2S3 in S2 and H2S. It is soluble in HNO3 and concentrated H2SO4 . It is not soluble in alkali.
Physical properties
Silver is located in group 11 (IB) of period 5, between copper (Cu) above it in period 4 andgold (Au) below it in period 6. Thus, silver’s chemical and physical properties are somewhatsimilar to these two group 11 partners.Silver is a soft, while, lustrous metal that can be worked by pounding, drawing througha die, rolling, and so forth. It is only slightly harder than gold. It is insoluble in water, but it will dissolve in hot concentrated acids. Freshly exposed silver has a mirror-like shine thatslowly darkens as a thin coat of tarnish forms on its surface (from the small amount ofnatural hydrogen sulfide in the air to form silver sulfide, AgS). Of all the metals, silver isthe best conductor of heat and electricity. This property determines much of its commercialusefulness. Its melting point is 961.93°C, its boiling point is 2,212°C, and its density is10.50 g/cm3.
Isotopes
There are 59 isotopes of silver, ranging from Ag-93 to Ag-130 with half-livesfrom a few milliseconds to a few days to 418 years. All but two of these 59 isotopes areradioactive and are produced synthetically. The two stable isotopes found in nature areAg-107 and Ag-109. These two make up 100% of the element’s existence in the Earth’scrust.
Origin of Name
Silver’s modern chemical symbol (Ag) is derived from its Latin word argentum, which means silver. The word “silver” is from the Anglo-Saxon world “siolfor.” Ancients who first refined and worked with silver used the symbol of a crescent moon to represent the metal.
Occurrence
Silver is the 66th most abundant element on the Earth, which means it is found at about0.05 ppm in the Earth’s crust. Mining silver requires the movement of many tons of ore torecover small amounts of the metal. Nevertheless, silver is 10 times more abundant than gold.And though silver is sometimes found as a free metal in nature, mostly it is mixed with theores of other metals. When found pure, it is referred to as “native silver.” Silver’s major ores areargentite (silver sulfide, Ag2S) and horn silver (silver chloride, AgCl). However, most silver isrecovered as a by-product of the refining of copper, lead, gold, and zinc ores. Although silveris mined in many countries, including the United States, Mexico, and Canada, most silver isrecovered from the electrolytic processing of copper ores. Silver can also be recovered throughthe chemical treatment of a variety of ores.
Characteristics
Silver is somewhat rare and is considered a commercially precious metal with many uses.Pure silver is too soft and usually too expensive for many commercial uses, and thus it isalloyed with other metals, usually copper, making it not only stronger but also less expensive.The purity of silver is expressed in the term “fitness,” which describes the amount of silverin the item. Fitness is just a multiple of 10 times the silver content in an item. For instance,sterling silver should be 93% (or at least 92.5%) pure silver and 7% copper or some othermetal. The fitness rating for pure silver is 1000. Therefore, the rating for sterling silver is 930,and most sliver jewelry is rated at about 800. This is another way of saying that most silverjewelry is about 20% copper or other less valuable metal.
Many people are fooled when they buy Mexican or German silver jewelry, thinking theyare purchasing a semiprecious metal. These forms of “silver” jewelry go under many names,including Mexican silver, German silver, Afghan silver, Austrian silver, Brazilian silver, Nevadasilver, Sonara silver, Tyrol silver, Venetian silver, or just the name “silver” with quotes aroundit. None of these jewelry items, under these names or under any other names, contain anysilver. These metals are alloys of copper, nickel, and zinc.
History
Silver was first discovered by prehistoric people in large amounts around 5000 BC, when they dug the first copper mines (Silver is often found alongside copper veins.). Slag dumps in Asia Minor and on islands in the Aegean Sea indicate that man learned to separate silver from lead as early as 3000 B.C. Silver occurs native and in ores such as argentite (Ag2S) and horn silver (AgCl); lead, lead-zinc, copper, gold, and copper-nickel ores are principal sources. Natural silver contains two stable isotopes. Fifty-six other radioactive isotopes and isomers are known. Silver compounds can be absorbed in the circulatory system and reduced silver deposited in the various tissues of the body. In recent times, however, consumption of silver has at times greatly exceeded the output. On June 24, 1968, the U.S. Government ceased to redeem U.S. Silver Certificates with silver. Since that time, the price of silver has fluctuated widely. As of January 2002, the price of silver was about $4.10/troy oz. (13￠/g); however the price has fluctuated considerably due to market instability.
Uses
Silver is a precious metal, used in jewelryand ornaments Other applications includeits use in photography, electroplating, dentalalloys, high-capacity batteries, printed circuits,coins, and mirrors. Silver is stable in air, and it is utilized in reflecting mirrors. The film vacuum evaporated on a quartz plate with the thickness of 2–55 nm shows the transmittance maximum at λ: 321.5 nm and works as a narrow band filter.
Uses
This malleable white metal is found as argentite (Ag2S) and horn silver (AgCl) or in lead and copper ore. Copper plates coated with a thin layer of elemental silver and fumed with iodine were used by Niépce and Daguerre. Aside from the heliograph and physautotype, silver halide compounds were the basis of all photographic processes used in the camera and most of the printing processes during the 19th century.
Definition
A transition metal that occurs native and as the sulfide (Ag2S) and chloride (AgCl). It is extracted as a by-product in refining copper and lead ores. Silver darkens in air due to the formation of silver sulfide. It is used in coinage alloys, tableware, and jewelry. Silver compounds are used in photography. Symbol: Ag; m.p. 961.93°C; b.p. 2212°C; r.d. 10.5 (20°C); p.n. 47; r.a.m. 107.8682.
Biosynthesis
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are biosynthesized using the aqueous leaf extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem)[1]. Diagrammatic representation of the production of AgNPs utilizing extracts from plants is showed below[2].
General Description
Silver is a noble metal, extensively used in SERS, photocatalysis and solar cells. The surface of silver can be functionalized to attain specific properties such as biocompatibility and vapor selectivity of sensors.3 Iodized silver foils and thin films find potential use as SERS-active metal substrates.1 Cu substrates laminated with Ag foils, have compatible coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), to be used for electronic packaging. Porous ZnO nanoplates deposited on silver foil with tunable hydrophobicity may be fabricated.3
Reactivity Profile
Silver reacts violently with chlorine trifluoride (in the presence of carbon) [Mellor 2 Supp. 1 1956]. Bromoazide explodes on contact with Silver foil. Acetylene forms an insoluble acetylide with Silver [Von Schwartz 1918 p. 142 ]. When Silver is treated with nitric acid in the presence of ethyl alcohol, Silver fulminate, which can detonated may be formed. Ethyleneimine forms explosive compounds with Silver, hence Silver solder should not be used to fabricate equipment for handling ethyleneimine. Finely divided Silver and strong solutions of hydrogen peroxide may explode [Mellor 1:936 1946-47)]. Incompatible with oxalic acid and tartaric acid [Nav Aer. 09-01-505 1956]. Silver can form explosive salts with azidrine. ("Ethyleneimine" Brocure 125-521-65, Midland (Mich.), Dow Chemical Co., 1965). Ammonia forms explosive compounds with gold, mercury, or Silver. (Eggeman, Tim. "Ammonia" Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001.). Acetylene and ammonia can form explosive Silver salts in contact with Ag. (Renner, Hermann, Gunther Schlamp. “Silver, Silver Compounds, and Silver Alloys." Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. 2001.)
Hazard
Toxic material.
Health Hazard
The acute toxicity of silver metal is low. The acute toxicity of soluble silver
compounds depends on the counterion and must be evaluated case by case. For
example, silver nitrate is strongly corrosive and can cause burns and permanent
damage to the eyes and skin.
Chronic exposure to silver or silver salts can cause a local or generalized darkening
of the mucous membranes, skin, and eyes known as argyria. The other chronic
effects of silver compounds must be evaluated individually.
Fire Hazard
Dust is flammable.
Flammability and Explosibility
Silver and most soluble silver compounds are not combustible. However, silver
nitrate and certain other silver compounds are oxidizers and can increase the
flammability of combustible materials.
Silver acetylide, azide, fulminate, oxalate mixtures, styphnate, tartarate mixtures,
and tetrazene are all explosives and must be handled as such.
Safety Profile
Human systemic effects by inhalation: skin effects. Inhalation of dusts can cause argyrosis. Questionable carcinogen with experimental tumorigenic data. Flammable in the form of dust when exposed to flame or by chemical reaction with C2H2, NH3, bromoazide, ClF3 ethyleneimine, H2O2, oxalic acid, H2SO4, tartaric acid. Incompatible with acetylene, acetylene compounds, aziridine, bromine azide, 3-bromopropyne, carboxylic acids, copper + ethylene glycol, electrolytes + zinc, ethanol + nitric acid, ethylene oxide, ethyl hydroperoxide, ethyleneimine, iodoform, nitric acid, ozonides, peroxomonosulfuric acid, peroxyformic acid. See also POWDERED METALS and SILVER COMPOUNDS.
Potential Exposure
Silver may be alloyed with copper, aluminum, cadmium, lead, or antimony. The alloys are used in the manufacture of silverware, jewelry, coins, ornaments, plates, commutators, scientific instruments; automobile bearing; and grids in storage batteries. Silver is used in chromenickel steels, in solders and brazing alloys; in the application of metallic films on glass and ceramics, to increase corrosion resistance to sulfuric acid, in photographic films, plates and paper; as an electroplated undercoating for nickel and chrome; as a bactericide for sterilizing water; fruit juices; vinegar, etc.; in bus bars and windings in electrical plants; in dental amalgams; and as a chemical catalyst in the synthesis of aldehydes. Because of its resistance to acetic and other food acids, it is utilized in the manufacture of pipes, valves, vats, pasteurizing coils and nozzles for the milk, vinegar, cider, brewing, and acetate rayon silk industries.
Carcinogenicity
The U.S. Department of Health
and Human Resources has extensively monitored published
studies on the occupational therapeutic and domestic exposures
to metals over many years, but has failed so far to
identify unequivocal clinical evidence that silver is carcinogenic
to humans under any circumstances. On the basis of
human experience and supportive studies in experimental
animals, silver is currently classified as a noncarcinogen
(62, 94, 141). On occasions patients exposed to silver in
antibiotic prostheses and other devices have died from
cancer, but in each case the role of silver in the etiology
of the malignancies was not proven.
It is expected that human contact with any of the radioactive
isotopes of silver may lead to local or other carcinogenic
changes in humans through the action of the radioactive
emissions as have been reported with gold in jewelry. No
cases have been seen to date.
Environmental Fate
Silver is a rare element, which occurs naturally in its pure form. It is a white, lustrous, relatively soft, and very malleable metal. Silver has an average abundance of about 0.1 ppm in the Earth’s crust and about 0.3 ppm in soils. It exists in four oxidation states (0,+1,+2,and +3). Silver occurs primarily as sulfides with iron, lead, tellurides, and with gold. Silver is found in surface waters as sulfide, bicarbonate, or sulfate salts, as part of complex ions with chlorides and sulfates and adsorbed onto particulate matter. Silver is released through natural processes, for example, erosion of soils. Sources of atmospheric contamination arise from processing of ores, steel refining, cement manufacture, fossil fuel combustion, and municipal waste incineration. Of anthropomorphic release, over 75% was estimated to be from disposal of solid waste. Ore smelting and fossil fuel combustion can emit fine particulates that may be transported long distances and deposited with precipitation. The major source of release to surface waters is effluent from photographic processing. Releases from the photographic industry and from disposal of sewage sludge and refuse are the major sources of soil contamination with silver. Silver can leach into groundwater, which can be extenuated in acidic conditions. Silver can bioconcentrate in fish and invertebrates.
storage
Most silver compounds should be protected from light during storage or while in use.
Purification Methods
For purification by electrolysis, see Craig et al. [J Res Nat Bur Stand 64A 381 1960]. For purification of crude, or silver residues to pure silver see Glemser & Sauer in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry (Ed. Brauer) Academic Press Vol I pp 1028-1030 1963, and for the preparation of colloidal silver see ibid (Ed. Brauer) p 1034.
Structure and conformation
Silver has the electron configuration as [Kr] 4d10 5s1
Incompatibilities
Dust may form explosive mixture with air. Powders are incompatible with strong oxidizers (chlorates, nitrates, peroxides, permanganates, perchlorates, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, etc.); contact may cause fires or explosions. Keep away from alkaline materials, strong bases, strong acids, oxoacids, epoxides May react and/or form dangerous or explosive compounds, with acetylene, ammonia, halogens, hydrogen peroxide; bromoazide, concentrated or strong acids, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, chlorine trifluoride, ethyleneimine.
Waste Disposal
Recovery, wherever possible, in view of economic value of silver. Techniques for silver recovery from photoprocessing and electroplating wastewaters have been developed and patented.
References
[1] Eco-Friendly Synthesis and Evaluation of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) Using Azadirachta indica: A Greener Approach to Boosting Antimicrobial Power.
[2] Selvam, K., Prasath, A. R., & Alanazi, A. K. (2025). A Review of Recent Developments in Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Antioxidant and Antibacterial Applications. Microscopy Research and Technique, 89 1, 134–147. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.70060
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