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It depends on how thin the wire is. Silver is very ductile. According to one source(*), an ounce of silver can be drawn out into a wire 60 miles long (316,800 feet) - such a wire would make a human hair look very thick by comparison. As a point of comparison, the same source notes that an ounce of gold, the most ductile of metals, can be drawn out into a wire 1300 miles (6,864,000 feet) long! (*) Hassell, Joseph, "Common Things and Elementary Science in the Form of Object Lessons", Blackie & Son, London, 1884. page 326 http://books.Google.com/books?id=3qEIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0

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