Percentage of silver in the alloy German siiver is: A. 0% B. 1.0% C. 2.5% D. 1.5%
Option A is correct Percentage of silver in the alloy German silver is 0%. German silver , name for various alloys of copper, Zinc and Nickel Sometimes also contains lead and tin. It varies in composition , the percentage of three elements ranging approximately as follows : Copper form 50% to 61% , Zinc form 19% to 17.2% , Nickel form 30% to 21.1% and hence no silver that is 0%