Silver and gold are part of the metals most used by humans to make different items with them. Gold, well known, is more valuable than silver and although they have similar characteristics, they are not used for the same things.
Let's talk a little about the utilities of gold. Gold is usually used mostly to make jewelry or goldsmiths that serve as decoration and social distinction. Over time, jewelers realized that gold on its own, in its pure state, is too soft and affects the strength of items created with it. Therefore, through the alloy of gold with other metals, they can achieve greater resistance and make it more durable. Depending on the percentage of metals that make up the jewel, the result will have one color or another. Currently we can find green, blue, red, pink, gray, white and, the most typical, yellow gold.
As we have mentioned, jewelry is the main recipient of gold reserves, but large percentages are also used in the manufacture of coins and in the manufacture of electronic devices because gold is the safest conductor of energy.
Silver, for its part, also has utilities very similar to gold since they are quite similar elements, but silver exists in more abundance in nature. This is why silver is often the perfect substitute for gold if you want a cheaper option. It is true that many times it is a matter of taste due to its silver color instead of gold and differentiating white gold from silver with the naked eye is very complicated.
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