I've become aware recently that silver is an increasingly popular antibacterial/antimicrobial. (Actually, my interest was sparked because I was given a pair of silver-infused ski socks, that apparently will prevent odor with fewer washings... hmm...) I have poked around the web looking for an explanation of this, and while I can find extensive information about its uses and new product developments and regulations, etc., I have found almost nothing regarding why silver kills bacteria.

So, here's my question: regarding its chemistry and basic biology, why does silver kill bacteria? Any help is GREATLY appreciated!!

What would you call a new element? I'd be tempted by daltonium

Hi all. I'm an international student just come to US for few months. There is one thing I couldn't find in any US periodic table. It is "the table that show the ability to precipitate of subtances"
For example, every salt that has NO3-, NH4-, or Na+ is always dissolvable in water.
Does anybody know where I can find it?

Flourine is the most reactive non-metal, right?

why hygrogen is not the most reactive non-metal?
(better if you can explain by the electronic arrangement of Hydrogen and Fluorine)?

Ok now that your here...
Does anyone know the melting and boiling point of cesium?

Hello,
I have recently begun a project which requires I compare
melting points and boiling points for an array of compounts

Is there any book or place that you know off where i could find the m/b points for say, all chlorides?
(nCl2, SnCl2 etc. )

if you know of anywhere where these are listed in a simple fashion, please let me know, thank you very much.

-yoav.

I'm looking to add a little about history and also alchemy to the WebElements site. Would anyone have any of the following that they would care to sell to me (ideally would like to see a scan first, payment via PayPal)? Please reply using the message system rather than as a reply here.

1. set of Marshall Islands stamps dating from 1994, Scott catalogue 582
2. set of 4 French stamps, date unknown, showing earth, air, fire, and water (the classical Greek "periodic system"
3. Liechtenstein stamps from 1994 featuring air and fire from paintings by Steiner - Scott catalogue 1041/2. And earth/water ones as well if they exist

Please could someone, probably from New Zealand, confirm whether there is a picture of Rutherford on the NZ$ 100 banknote? Thanks!

Ok the name IS tru but hard to do

In space on average, every cubic metre there is one hydrogen atom if they colide there make h2 obviously. This obviously again has a larger gravity pull than any of the others because it has a larger mass it then slowly pulls more and more and start to make a small planet untill it gets larger and larger and this how a sun is formed it is wen chemical reactions inside start (jupitor is almost a sun in its own rite coz it is a giant ball of gas) when these reactions happen hydrogen turns to helium and so on through all elements. so scienctists thought if this can happen in space then it can happen here so they made a gravity free situation and made two hydrogen partcles colide(with unreal force) and they found that the atoms merged rather than connected like in usual reactions.

Hello!

I am trying to develop a very simple model of atoms and their reactions. One of the characteristics of atoms in my model is how metallic or how high their conductivity is. In the real world, silver is the strongest conductor of all the elements. Why? It seems to have a relatively high electronegative value, and I thought a high electronegative value meant that the element is more nonmetallic (in general). What characteristics of silver make it the strongest conductor of electricity and heat?

Thanks in advance.