Silver is a metal with highest thermal conductivity of the metals used in a production of jewellery, photography, tableware and coins. Silver is a most commonly used precious metal for body adornment. Silver Jewellery has been used since ancient times for monetary exchange and worn by kings and queens. Fine silver is about 99.9% pure. In this form it is a lustrous soft metal, which is too soft for everyday use. Besides this, pure silver is so much reactive that it can even react with air due to this reaction, grayish layer appear on the surface of silver metal. For this reason, we use alloys of silver in jewellery. Some of the famous alloys used in this jewellery are sterling silver, Britannia silver and Mexican silver.

Sterling
silver is more often used alloy in jewellery which contains 92.5% of silver and 7.5% of copper. Sterling silver is cheaper than any other metal jewellery such as platinum, gold and diamond. It is also available in different styles and combinations. Britannia silver is used for making jewellery and tends to be tableware. It contains 95.84% of pure silver and remaining 4.16% of copper.
Mexican Silver usually contains 95% of pure silver and 5% of copper.

In these alloys sterling silver is often used as jewellery because it can be worn with different outfits. It has elegance, brilliance and beauty. It never goes out of style and is usually at the top of high fashion. The popularity of sterling silver has grown, both with males and females because of its affordable prices.