Sterling silver is "l'argent sterling" in French. Other names are "argent fin" and "argent premier titre". These names would be mysterious for the vast majority of French speakers, except those who are learned in jewelry or alloys.
Sterling silver is not a solution, it is an alloyof silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.
Sterling silver. It is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by mass of silver and 7.5% by mass of other metals, usually copper. Sterling silver is most often used for jewelry because of its combination of attractiveness and durability. Acceptable quality marks for sterling silver include: sterling, ster and .925.
Silver has other metels in it Sterling silver is represented by the numbers 925. That indicates. 92.5% sterling silver with the remaining 7.5% other metals
That depends what you mean. Silver is an element so strictly speaking there are none. If you mean jewelry or sterling silver, silver is alloyed with any of many metals, but commonly copper. To be sterling standard it must be not less than 92.5% silver.
The physical difference between silver and platinum is in terms of color. Pure silver is more whitish in color while platinum is more grayish than white. Silver has a lower density than platinum.
To say the words sterling silver in Chinese you say chun yin. To say these words in Korean you say seuteolling silbeo.
They can Be plated in silver... its costly though
Sterling silver can easily be differentiated from plated silver if the silver was made in the United States. It will either say 'sterling' on the metal or have an engraving of its purity. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver. If it was made outside the United States, there will be a different stamp applied to it.
it will have a mark stamped or it or it will say silver/ sterling silver.
Sterling silver is stamped "sterling" or "925". Other metals may say "nickel free," "stainless," "surgical steel," "silver plated," "WGF" (white gold filled), "nickel silver," "Peruvian silver," "German silver," "Tibetan silver," "Bali Silver," and a number of other things, but NOT sterling or 925. That's the key.
99.99% of the time it is Plated, once again it is not silver. the only flatware that is made of silver will say on it somewhere STERLING
It means it is genuine sterling silver made in Italy
Not necessarily.Firstly, it doesn't say "sterling", it says "silver," if they meant "sterling", they presumably would have stamped it "sterling."Secondly, there's no absolute guarantee that what it says is necessarily true.
No. Sterling Silver is 925 Silver (they are one in the same)Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a composition of 925 parts pure silver with 75 parts of copper
No. In the US, it must say "sterling". Some sterling silver also says "925" in Mexico. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure. That's where the 925 comes from. Some older items are marked "Coin" or 900. Coin silver is 90% pure. British sterling silver is always hallmarked with a lion and several other marks.
"Sterling silver" refers to the purity of a particular silver object - specifically, sterling silver is 92.5% silver.
Стерлингового серебра Sterlingovogo serebra