{"id":31048,"date":"2025-03-22T01:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31048"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:21:02","slug":"hi-yo-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/hi-yo-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"hi yo silver …"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

a bottle of silver nitrate<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. … as the Lone Ranger called to his white steed. My buddy and I used to listen to the radio program featuring the adventures of the Lone Ranger<\/a> back in the late 1940s. Which brings us to the metal silver. It is the strange light sensitivity of silver salts<\/a> that gave rise to our favourite art years ago across the sea.<\/p>\n

In issue 22-3 Ev wrote an interesting article on silver<\/a> and silver nitrate \u00a0(I too have a small bottle of this silver salt<\/a> that was famous for staining the fingers of unwary amateurs back in the mid 1800s (wet plate era). Ev’s article is simply titled, “Consider Silver” and begins, “Wit<\/span>ho<\/span>ut <\/span>e<\/span>xplo<\/span>it<\/span>a<\/span>ti<\/span>o<\/span>n o<\/span>f a <\/span>pro<\/span>pe<\/span>rt<\/span>y o<\/span>f\u00a0thi<\/span>s lu<\/span>st<\/span>rou<\/span>s, <\/span>r<\/span>el<\/span>ativ<\/span>el<\/span>y <\/span>scarc<\/span>e m<\/span>et<\/span>al <\/span>i<\/span>t‘<\/span>s\u00a0unlike<\/span>ly <\/span>tha<\/span>t the <\/span>be<\/span>nef<\/span>it<\/span>s o<\/span>f pho<\/span>tog<\/span>ra<\/span>phy\u00a0<\/span>wo<\/span>uld <\/span>be <\/span>our<\/span>s to en<\/span>joy.<\/p>\n

“The <\/span>firs<\/span>t re<\/span>co<\/span>rd <\/span>tha<\/span>t we <\/span>k<\/span>now <\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>ritte<\/span>n a<\/span>bo<\/span>ut 3<\/span>600 B.C<\/span>. <\/span>Th<\/span>e <\/span>dis<\/span>cove<\/span>ry\u00a0<\/span>was m<\/span>ade pr<\/span>ob<\/span>abl<\/span>y in <\/span>th<\/span>e east<\/span>ern\u00a0<\/span>Me<\/span>dite<\/span>rra<\/span>nea<\/span>n a<\/span>nd t<\/span>ha<\/span>t t<\/span>he <\/span>me<\/span>ta<\/span>l <\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>fo<\/span>und <\/span>in <\/span>it<\/span>s n<\/span>ati<\/span>ve st<\/span>at<\/span>e ab<\/span>out <\/span>30<\/span>00 B<\/span>.<\/span>C.\u00a0An ea<\/span>rl<\/span>y <\/span>meta<\/span>llurgi<\/span>s<\/span>t <\/span>se<\/span>pa<\/span>ra<\/span>te<\/span>d Si<\/span>l<\/span>ve<\/span>r\u00a0f<\/span>ro<\/span>m Lea<\/span>d, <\/span>w<\/span>ith w<\/span>hi<\/span>c<\/span>h it <\/span>is o<\/span>ft<\/span>e<\/span>n \u00a0associ<\/span>at<\/span>ed<\/span>. Th<\/span>e L<\/span>atin n<\/span>am<\/span>e, <\/span>Ar<\/span>gentum<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>re<\/span>ma<\/span>in<\/span>s w<\/span>ith us <\/span>in <\/span>the c<\/span>he<\/span>mica<\/span>l sy<\/span>mbo<\/span>l\u00a0Ag.<\/i><\/p>\n

“Con<\/span>sid<\/span>er<\/span>ed b<\/span>y ch<\/span>emi<\/span>st<\/span>s a nob<\/span>l<\/span><\/em>e\u00a0<\/i><\/span>met<\/span>al<\/span>, <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>l<\/span>an<\/span>gu<\/span>age of <\/span>comm<\/span>er<\/span>ce t<\/span>erm<\/span>s it\u00a0<\/span>pr<\/i><\/span>ec<\/i><\/span>i<\/i><\/span>ou<\/i><\/span>s. <\/i><\/span>S<\/span>car<\/span>cit<\/span>y i<\/span>s sh<\/span>ow<\/span>n b<\/span>y it<\/span>s numb<\/span>er\u00a0<\/span>in <\/span>the o<\/span>rde<\/span>r o<\/span>f a<\/span>bunda<\/span>nc<\/span>e, <\/span>numbe<\/span>r 63<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>sinc<\/span>e it <\/span>exi<\/span>st<\/span>s in <\/span>th<\/span>e earth <\/span>‘s <\/span>cru<\/span>st <\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>0.<\/span>0<\/span>00001 t<\/span>o 0.0001 p<\/span>er <\/span>cent.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Thr<\/span>ee <\/span>qua<\/span>rt<\/span>e<\/span>rs o<\/span>f Ea<\/span>rth ‘<\/span>s s<\/span>upply <\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>fo<\/span>und <\/span>in <\/span>na<\/span>ture <\/span>co<\/span>mbine<\/span>d with co<\/span>ppe<\/span>r\u00a0a<\/span>nd l<\/span>ea<\/span>d, <\/span>so <\/span>it <\/span>i<\/span>s a <\/span>mining by<\/span>-pr<\/span>o<\/span>duc<\/span>t.\u00a0<\/span>In <\/span>Can<\/span>ad<\/span>a su<\/span>ch b<\/span>y–<\/span>p<\/span>rodu<\/span>ct min<\/span>es <\/span>ar<\/span>e\u00a0fo<\/span>und in <\/span>Britis<\/span>h Co<\/span>lumbia<\/span>, <\/span>Ma<\/span>nito<\/span>ba<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Ont<\/span>ari<\/span>o, New Brun<\/span>swi<\/span>ck<\/span>, <\/span>N<\/span>ova S<\/span>coti<\/span>a\u00a0a<\/span>nd <\/span>the <\/span>Yuko<\/span>n, <\/span>with prima<\/span>r<\/span>y <\/span>prod<\/span>u<\/span>ce<\/span>rs <\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Co<\/span>ba<\/span>lt<\/span>, <\/span>ON a<\/span>nd Grea<\/span>t Bea<\/span>r La<\/span>ke<\/span>, N<\/span>WT.\u00a0Th<\/span>e du<\/span>ctil<\/span>e m<\/span>et<\/span>al<\/span>, whi<\/span>ch i<\/span>s our b<\/span>est\u00a0<\/span>condu<\/span>ct<\/span>or <\/span>of <\/span>el<\/span>ectri<\/span>cit<\/span>y and h<\/span>eat<\/span>, <\/span>i<\/span>s n<\/span>ot\u00a0fo<\/span>und in <\/span>Albe<\/span>rt<\/span>a<\/span>.\u00a0The <\/span>impo<\/span>rt<\/span>a<\/span>nt <\/span>pro<\/span>ducing <\/span>co<\/span>untries\u00a0<\/span>n<\/span>ow ar<\/span>e M<\/span>exi<\/span>co<\/span>, <\/span>Ru<\/span>s<\/span>si<\/span>a, <\/span>P<\/span>eru<\/span>, <\/span>U.S<\/span>.A<\/span>.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Ca<\/span>na<\/span>da<\/span>, <\/span>Aus<\/span>tra<\/span>li<\/span>a<\/span>, <\/span>a<\/span>nd Po<\/span>l<\/span>a<\/span>nd.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ste<\/span>rling s<\/span>il<\/span>ve<\/span>r co<\/span>ntain<\/span>s <\/span>7.<\/span>5% <\/span>Co<\/span>ppe<\/span>r.\u00a0<\/span>A f<\/span>ew <\/span>year<\/span>s ago it <\/span>was in <\/span>much <\/span>favour <\/span>fo<\/span>r\u00a0<\/span>tabl<\/span>ewa<\/span>r<\/span>e. <\/span>T<\/span>arni<\/span>sh b<\/span>y gases in <\/span>th<\/span>e a<\/span>ir <\/span>h<\/span>as\u00a0l<\/span>ead <\/span>to r<\/span>epl<\/span>acem<\/span>ent <\/span>b<\/span>y st<\/span>ainl<\/span>ess st<\/span>eel.\u00a0<\/span>In <\/span>Can<\/span>ad<\/span>a sil<\/span>ver <\/span>coin<\/span>ag<\/span>e w<\/span>as\u00a0di<\/span>scontinu<\/span>ed f<\/span>or <\/span>gen<\/span>er<\/span>al u<\/span>se in <\/span>1<\/span>968.<\/p>\n

“Lik<\/span>e oth<\/span>er p<\/span>reci<\/span>ou<\/span>s m<\/span>et<\/span>al<\/span>s (G<\/span>old<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Pl<\/span>atinum<\/span>) it <\/span>i<\/span>s wei<\/span>gh<\/span>ed by Tr<\/span>oy m<\/span>easur<\/span>e.\u00a0<\/span>Th<\/span>er<\/span>e ar<\/span>e 1<\/span>2 oz. t<\/span>o th<\/span>e p<\/span>ound <\/span>(3<\/span>73.<\/span>25\u00a0<\/span>g<\/span>ra<\/span>ms). <\/span>At ti<\/span>me <\/span>of <\/span>w<\/span>riting [1996] <\/span>100 a<\/span>nd 100<\/span>0\u00a0oun<\/span>ce b<\/span>ar<\/span>s ar<\/span>e avail<\/span>abl<\/span>e at <\/span>$7.<\/span>35 p<\/span>er\u00a0<\/span>o<\/span>unce <\/span>in <\/span>Ca<\/span>na<\/span>di<\/span>a<\/span>n funds<\/span>; <\/span>re<\/span>fine<\/span>ry <\/span>price <\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>$6.92.”<\/p>\n

Of course members read all of this article and more in the issue 22-3 pdf file on the free member-only DVD. Follow the membership note above or to the right. Questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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