- General Designation: Silver
- Applications: catalysts, plugging contacts, switching contacts, conductive pastes, electrodes, IC carriers
- Product Forms: ingots, wire, sheet, strip
- Density (g/cm³): 10.5
Silver / Ag
Details
- Age Hardenable
- No
- Material Behaviour
- ductile
- Forming Process
- formable, machinable, can be roll clad
- Observations¹
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In contact withTemperature (°C)MediumConditionCorrosion
20 sulphuric acid H2SO4 96% light corrosive attack 20 gaseous Cl2 moist light corrosive attack 20 bromine water light corrosive attack 20 sodium hypochlorite NaClO no measurable corrosion 20 dry Br2 dry no measurable corrosion 20 dry Br2 moist no measurable corrosion 20 hydrochloric acid HCl 36% no measurable corrosion 20 gaseous Cl2 dry no measurable corrosion 20 gaseous F2 no measurable corrosion 20 hydrogen sulphide H2S moist no measurable corrosion 20 hydrofluoric acid 40% no measurable corrosion 20 hydrobromic acid HBr 60% relatively severe attack 20 hydrochloric acid/bromine total corrosion 20 ethanol/iodine total corrosion 20 potassium cyanide KCN total corrosion 20 hydrochloric acid/chlorine 20%/saturated total corrosion 20 nitric acid HNO3 65% total corrosion 20 hydro-iodic acid HI 57% total corrosion 20 aqua regia HNO3+HCl total corrosion 20 hydrochloric acid/H2O2 total corrosion 20 solid moist total corrosion 80 hydrochloric acid/chlorine 20%/saturated total corrosion 100 hydrochloric acid HCl 36% light corrosive attack 100 sodium hypochlorite NaClO light corrosive attack 100 phosphoric acid no measurable corrosion 100 acetic acid 99% no measurable corrosion 100 hydrochloric acid/chlorine 20%/saturated total corrosion 100 hydrochloric acid/bromine total corrosion 100 potassium cyanide KCN total corrosion 100 sulphuric acid H2SO4 96% total corrosion 100 nitric acid HNO3 65% total corrosion 100 hydrobromic acid HBr 60% total corrosion 100 hydro-iodic acid HI 57% total corrosion 100 aqua regia HNO3+HCl total corrosion 100 hydrochloric acid/H2O2 total corrosion 150 aqua regia HNO3+HCl total corrosion 300 sulphuric acid H2SO4 96% total corrosion 440 potassium bisulphate KHSO4 air access total corrosion 500 sodium hydroxide NaOH air access light corrosive attack 500 potassium hydroxide KOH air access relatively severe attack 550 molten NaCN/KCN (2:1) air access total corrosion 700 molten NaCN air access total corrosion 700 air access total corrosion 800 sodium hydroxide NaOH air access total corrosion 800 potassium hydroxide KOH air access total corrosion - Corrosion Resistant
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- IACS Min. (%) [100% IACS ≙ 58 S*m/mm²]
- 95.56
- IACS Max. (%) [100% IACS ≙ 58 S*m/mm²]
- 107.5
- Thermo-emf. vs. copper Hard (mV)
- -0.011
- Temperature coefficient of electric resistivity
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From Temperature (°C)To Temperature (°C)Hard (x10-4/K)Annealed (x10-4/K)
0 100 41
- Young's Modulus (GPa)
- 80
- Modulus of Rigidity (GPa)
- 26
- Poission's ratio
- 0.37
- Annealed
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Hardness (HV)Tensile strength (MPa)Yield strength (MPa)Elongation (%)
35 140 120 37 - Work hardened
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Hardness (HV)Tensile Strength (MPa)Yield Strength (MPa)Elongation (%)
110 380 320 3 - Property Range
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Hardness (HV)Tensile Strength (MPa)Yield Strength (MPa)Elongation (%)
35 - 110 140 - 380 120 - 320 3 - 37
- Melting Range
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From Temperature (°C)To Temperature (°C)
961 - Thermal conductivity (W /(m*K)) [RT]
- 419
- Linear Coefficient of Expansion³
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From Temperature (°C)To Temperature (°C)Coefficient (x10-6/K)
0 100 17.9 0 200 18.6 0 300 19.4 0 400 19.7 0 500 20.4 0 600 21.2 0 700 22.5 0 800 23.6 0 900 24.3
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