Although, silver is a precious metal, it's use is not restricted to the jewellery industry only. Silver has a lot of uses in the industrial sector and photography too. Jewellery, Industrial uses & photography account for more than 95% of the usage of silver all over the world. Silver is used to make electrical circuits mainly due to it's high conductivity. It is used in soldering because of it's high melting point, two copper pipes when joined with silver are less susceptible to corrosion and leakage. Silver is a widely used material in dentistry because of it's antiseptic properties, the other two uses of silver which are common is it's uses in batteries and photography.

Silver is used in the making of artificial rain, in which the yellowish crystals of Silver Iodide, AgI, are used. AgI is sprayed into rain bearing clouds to encourage precipitation. AgI is harmless to plant and animal life. Further more silver is used in the fields of explosives. And of course, jewellery, silver tableware, which are works of art, have been popular for hundreds of years.

What makes silver even more popular is affordability clubbed together with beauty and design. In fact jewellery and silverware account for more than one third of the total amount of silver in circulation today.