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leecoats
Jul 30, 2012, 02:52 PM
In electrical work,silver is used as ?

ma0641
Jul 30, 2012, 03:08 PM
Silver is a very good conductor. Used in Solder, plating etc.

stanfortyman
Jul 30, 2012, 03:16 PM
Silver is a very good conductor. Used in Solder, plating etc.
And also in homework questions.

donf
Jul 30, 2012, 08:59 PM
Well to answer your question, Silver is not often used in electrical work because it is cost prohibitive,

Silver is actually a better conductor than Gold because Gold is softer than Silver.

Now Silver and Gold are used heavily in the Electronic field.

ma0641
Jul 30, 2012, 08:59 PM
And also in homework questions.

Yea, I thought that too. I usually jump all over the homework askers.