Can silver be man made?

A man made method, utilizing particles bombardment technique, is used to produce Silver. The particles bombardment technique uses particle accelerator to accelerate Boron particles to high speed. These high speed Boron particles contain high energy.
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Is silver made by humans?

Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
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Is silver man made or natural?

Silver is found generally in lead ores, copper ores, and cobalt arsenide ores and is also frequently associated with gold in nature. Most silver is derived as a by-product from ores that are mined and processed to obtain these other metals.
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How do you make fake silver?

Mix a solution of warm water, baking soda, and table salt. Add 1 tablespoon (14 g) of baking soda and 1 tablespoon (17 g) of table salt into the bowl. Add enough warm water into the bowl to completely submerge your pieces of jewelry. Stir the solution together with a spoon until it's thoroughly mixed.
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How can silver be formed?

Within the Earth, silver is formed from sulfur compounds. In the Earth's crust, the temperature is very hot (approximately 200 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on how close you are to the planet's mantle). The salt water that exists within the crust concentrates into a brine solution where silver remains dissolved.
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How is silver created naturally?

Silver is formed from sulfur compounds within the earth where its crust heats up to between 200- and 400-degrees Fahrenheit. In nature, silver is found combined with other metals, or in minerals with silver compounds. These minerals typically include sulfides like cerussite or galena.
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Can you turn copper into silver?

A 'copper' coin is dipped into a solution of sodium zincate in contact with zinc. The coin is plated with zinc and appears silver in colour. The plated coin is held in a Bunsen flame for a few seconds and the zinc and copper form an alloy of brass.
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Can I make gold at home?

As such, no series of chemical reactions can ever create gold. Chemical reactions change the number and shape of the electrons in an atom but leave the nucleus of the atom unchanged. The ancient alchemist dream of creating gold by simply reacting chemicals is therefore impossible.
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Does pure silver rust?

Pure silver, like pure gold, does not rust or tarnish. But pure silver is also incredibly soft, so it cannot be used to make jewelry, utensils, or serving pieces.
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Why silver is not used in pure form?

Unfortunately it can be easily tarnished when exposed to ozone or hydrogen sulfide, creating a black outside layer of silver sulfide. Silver is almost never found in its pure form and is usually mined by refining other metals like gold, and extracting the silver.
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Does silver come from space?

The researchers concluded that silver production occurs in less massive stars than those that produce gold—and through an entirely different type of nuclear fusion, called the weak r-process.
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Is silver a mineral yes or no?

Silver as a Native Element Mineral

When found, it is often associated with quartz, gold, copper, sulfides of other metals, arsenides of other metals, and other silver minerals. Unlike gold, it is rarely found in significant amounts in placer deposits.
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Is silver mining bad for the environment?

Most silver production results in large emissions of mercury to air, soil, and water. Where silver is extracted by small-scale miners, large quantities of mercury are used, resulting in large health and environmental damages.
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Can silver be created in a lab?

A man made method, utilizing particles bombardment technique, is used to produce Silver. The particles bombardment technique uses particle accelerator to accelerate Boron particles to high speed. These high speed Boron particles contain high energy.
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Can gold be created on earth?

Theoretically, it's possible to form gold by the nuclear processes of fusion, fission, and radioactive decay. It's easiest for scientists to transmute gold by bombarding the heavier element mercury and producing gold via decay. Gold cannot be produced via chemistry or alchemy.
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Does gold exist in the human body?

Average human body has 0.2 milligrams of Gold.

One of the lesser know elements is actually Gold. An average person's body weighing 70 kilograms would contain a total mass of 0.2 milligrams of gold. The trace amount of Gold if turned a solid cube of purified gold will make a cube of 0.22 millimeters in measurement.
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What does 999 mean on silver?

999 fine silver which means it's 99.9% silver and the difference is that the fine silver is softer. It enables us to easily bend and adjust our jewelry as we create it and it also enables the wearer to easily adjust and bend their cuffs and rings for a nice fit! Sterling silver is a little harder.
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Does silver stick to a magnet?

"Silver is not noticeably magnetic, and exhibits only weak magnetic effects unlike iron, nickel, cobalt, and the like," says Martin. "If your magnet sticks strongly to the piece, it has a ferromagnetic core and is not silver." Fake silver or silver-plated items are generally made of other metals.
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Is 999 fine silver worth anything?

You can sell 1 Troy Oz . 999 silver at a price of $22.34 each.
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How can I get 24K gold?

Because gold is an element, it cannot really be made. However, gold can be refined to the 24K level. Gold found in nature, scrap gold from industry or jewelry less than 24K has other metals mixed, or alloyed, with it. It is possible to refine the gold through a chemical process.
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What does 24K gold look like?

Appearance: 24k gold is an extremely bright yellow. Since it's used so infrequently for jewelry in the United States, it's easy to tell when a piece is 24-karat gold.
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Can labs grow gold?

Gold is known for its rarity and beauty, with a brilliant shine that's unmatched by any other mineral. However, researchers have recently produced a new kind of gold crystal that's even shinier than the natural kind. It's not the first time that gold has been produced in a lab.
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Why did my penny turn silver?

When a copper penny is heated in a solution of sodium hydroxide mixed with zinc dust, small amounts of zinc dissolve into the surface of the penny. This causes the penny to look silver since there is now a layer of zinc over the outside of the penny.
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What is rose gold?

Rose gold is an alloy made from a combination of pure gold and copper. The blend of the two metals changes the color of the final product and its karat. For example, the most common alloy of rose gold is 75 percent pure gold to 25 percent copper, which makes 18k rose gold.
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Can you turn silver into gold?

Re: Turning Silver to Gold at an atomic level

Well, the short answer is YES, it can (theoretically) be done. BUT, it would cost a LOT more than the final product (gold) produced! Silver (Ag) has a mass of 107.9 g/mol, and gold (Au) is 197 g/mol.
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