While it may not be the first precious metal that comes to mind, silver takes a back seat to nothing else in properties that make it ideal for diverse industrial applications. To start, no other metal conducts heat and electricity as well as silver does. It has multiple applications in medicine and dentistry for its non-toxic, antimicrobial characteristics. And it is beautiful, with a high luster and incredible reflectivity that frequently make it the metal of choice for jewelry, silverware, mirrors and other decorative applications.
Today, manufacturers use silver in soldering and brazing, and in the creation of everything from batteries to LED chips, from dental implants to semiconductors, from solar energy panels to water purification systems.
