ABSTRACT
Silver (Ag) and silver alloys are used in jewelry, silverware, electronic components, solders, brazing alloys, bactericide, dental amalgams, bearings, coinage, heat sink, ignition-proofing, superconductors, and hydrogen storage. The most significant trait of silver for clinical use is its antibacterial property. With such a beneficial trait, silver has a long history in biomedical treatment. Considering the broad biomedical application of silver products, silver may get into the human body easily by direct ingestion, skin absorption, and other routes of entry. As an alloying element, silver can refine grains in Magnesium (Mg) alloys. Silver's effect on lowering the coefficient of thermal expansion was also observed in an Mg-Sn-Ag system, which is truly desired in high-temperature applications. The addition of silver to Mg alloys often results in an increase in the corrosion rate in Mg alloys. Silver has a much higher self-corrosion potential than Mg.
