More than a
pretty face.
Silver coins, silver jewellery, silverware, silvered mirrors—silver is one of the most beautiful of metals, and the best known reflector of visible light. Silver shows up in surprising places: in dental alloys, in photography, in the silver iodide that weather scientists use to make clouds rain. It’s a high-tech metal too: silver-zinc and silver- cadmium batteries pack a lot of power. Silver is an element of our life.