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Why are gold and silver expensive in spite that their uses in life is less than that iron and copper?
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Both are very rare compared to the others and are relatively unreactive.
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Out of silver copper and gold which is the best for electrical wires?
Silver is the most electrically conductive, but copper and gold are used because copper is less expensive, and gold does not corrode.
What metals are not silver gray in color?
Copper and gold.
Why is copper more expensive than gold?
You are wrong. Copper is NOT more expensive than gold.
What element was named for its color?
Gold? Silver? Copper? Gold colored, silver colored, copper colored.
Gold silver and what?
Copper
What is the silver value of a 1923 gold coin?
Not a meaningful question. Gold coins were made from gold and copper without any silver in them. Silver coins were made from silver and copper without any gold.
To what class of minerals do gold silver and copper belong?
Gold, Silver and Copper belong to the native elements mineral group.
Which is heaviest silver gold iron copper?
Gold
Why is gold and silver in copper?
It isn't, gold(Au) , silver(Ag) and copper(Cu) are all separate elements. But if you're talking about when they add copper or silver to gold, it's to harden it, so you can't bend it in your hands.
Why are the wires in electric circuits often made of copper?
Because copper is one of the best conductors of electricity and it has a high melting point so it won't melt with the heat from the flow of electricity when used for normal amounts of current, it is also malable meaning it can be changed easily into wires or other objects. As a metal it's expensive compared to some other metals such as iron (which is not such a good conductor as copper), but it's not as expensive as silver or gold (which are better conductors than copper), so copper doesn't cost a lot to manufacture into wires.(but most of wires are metal )
Is gold a following of silver and copper?
Gold follows copper and silver in order, in the same vertical column in the periodic table of the elements.
What other elements are in the family with gold?
Copper, Silver and Gold
