What are the top uses for silver?

Gold gets all of the headlines but a precious metal named silver that’s been around thousands of years to make jewelry and decorative items is closing the gap; think electrical products. Unlike gold and platinum, precious metals are not very abundant in the Earth’s crust. For a while, silver was the Rodney Dangerfield of precious metals; no respect. Strangely enough with some of its necessary uses in society, one would think respect would be the last thing people would remember about silver. To give you a refresher course, here are some of the top uses of silver in electronics.
** The production of bearings
** Electrical products used by dentists – think amalgam fillings
** Batteries
** Soldering
However, the most important use of silver is in electronics and electronic uses. We found about 20 percent of silver is used for electronics since electricity flows through silver more easily than any other metal. Other electronic uses in the top 10 are printed circuit boards, silver-tipped switches in automobiles, superconductors for cable TV, telephones, and devices that use digital electronics. Silver; it’s not only necessary, it’s required,