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Sterling silver is 92.5% silver with 7.5% other metals, usually copper.
it is a conductor as all other metals and the gold is also good conductor as silver!!!
Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, most often copper.
The silver content of any coin with .500 fine silver is 50%. The silver will be alloyed with other metals, possibly copper and nickel, and maybe a few other metals. The actual weight of the silver used would depend on what other metals were used and in what ratios.
Silver is found as free metal, or in minerals of other metals.
Means 92.5% silver, rest - other metals
A mixture of metals is normally called an alloy. Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, often copper.
Sterling silver is 92.5% silver. The rest is other metals, usually copper.
British coins minted from 1885 to 1930 would include - Five Pound (gold) Two Pound (gold) Sovereign (One Pound)(gold) Half-Sovereign (Ten Shillings)(gold) Crown (Five Shillings)(silver) Double-Florin (Four Shillings)(silver) Halfcrown (Two Shillings and sixpence)(silver) Florin (Two Shillings)(silver) Shilling (silver) Sixpence (silver) Groat (Fourpence)(silver) Threepence (silver) Maundy Sets (4d, 3d, 2d and 1d)(silver) Penny (bronze) Halfpenny (bronze) Farthing (quarter Penny)(bronze) There were other coins minted by the Royal Mint during this period, but they were primarily for the use of some of the Colonies and were not circulated in Britain.
Means .95 % silver .25 other metals
It means the silver is 92% pure, i.e. 92% silver and 8% other metals.
Naturally occurring (it is an element), the metal occurs naturally in its pure, free form (native silver), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.