The best electrical and thermal conductor of any element, and an antimicrobial known since antiquity.
- Atomic number
- 47
- Atomic mass
- 107.868 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s¹
- Melting point
- 1,234.93 K · 961.8 °C
- Boiling point
- 2,435 K · 2,161.9 °C
- Density
- 10.501 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.93
- Period / Group
- 5 / 11
- Discovery year
- Ancient