Hi; I'd like to try clarifying this discussion if I can. The purity of refined precious metals such as silver, gold, platinum group, etc., is generally stated in terms of parts or percent of silver to other - usually metallic - elements in the sample. For instance .999 fine silver (or gold, etc.,) is 99.9% pure silver, meaning that one tenth of one percent of the sample may be something other than pure silver. It may be gold or copper or bismuth or other substances or oxides of these . generally thisa is also commonly referred to as "three nines fine." The degree of purity can be either higher or lower; for instance there is .99 fine silver which is 99% pure and so has one percent other than pure silver, or .9999 fine silver which is silver with less than one one-hundredth of one percent of another substance mixed in with it. .9999 or four nines silver is also a lot more expensive - I mean a LOT - than three nines, at least when bought as wire or other industrial forms. Five nines is also occasionally available and and I was told it is surcharged about $300.00 per ounce to commercial accounts, and not to hold my breath while waiting for some to become available open market. Malcolm
Marshalee Hallett wrote: > Above .999 comes 100 % pure, not 1%. > Marshalee > > > List, > > I would think that the designation regarding the purity of the silver > wires, > > "99.99% pure," would be correct. Why, then, do I see ".9999" stamped on > > silver bullion? Because the next designation is 1.0, and "1.0 % pure" > > doesn't make sense. Please explain. (I'm putting this in the Appendix of > my > > Rife book, and the corrections are being made over the weekend, so I need > an > > answer FAST!) > > > > Many thanks. > > Nina Silver, no relation > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > >
