{"id":13838257696,"date":"2012-01-16T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonestarbullion.com\/blog\/?p=13838257696"},"modified":"2018-03-15T04:49:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T04:49:42","slug":"why-invest-in-silver-reason-3-the-industrial-uses-of-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lonestarbullion.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/why-invest-in-silver-reason-3-the-industrial-uses-of-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why Invest in Silver?&#8221; Reason #3: The Industrial Uses of Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tullettbrown.com\/userfiles\/image\/edited\/HOME2-A1_MICRO%20CHIP%20SILVER.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Many silver investors think that silver is merely a hedge against inflation or money.\u00a0 While this has been largely true, since the start of the technology age in the 1970\u2019s, this historical pattern has changed.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Technology and the Industrial Uses of Silver<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With the dawn of the technology revolution, a massive demand for metal that could be used as an electronic converter became a chief concern within industry.\u00a0 With its unique properties including its strength, malleability and ductility, its electrical and thermal conductivity, its sensitivity to and high reflectance of light and the ability to endure extreme temperature ranges, silver is an element without substitution in the electrical world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RuuaD-PZIQE\/Trt2OTIa1oI\/AAAAAAAAAdc\/Yzt8j4mrItg\/s1600\/silver%2Bproduction%2Bdemand%2Bsupply%2B2010%2Byear%2Bindustrial%2Bmine%2Bhedging%2Bgovernment%2Bsales%2Bjewelry%2Binvestment%2Bcoins%2Bphotography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"558\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a010,000 Industrial Uses of Silver<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Silver as a commodity has over 10,000 industrial uses, the largest of any commodity with the exception of oil.\u00a0 Silver is used in laptops, TV\u2019s, iPod, medical equipment, batteries, automotive parts, bearings, cell phones, computers, water purification, solar energy, and many more.\u00a0 Over the last 30 years silver\u2019s industrial uses have skyrocketed.\u00a0 Fabricated demand for silver in 2011 is over 900 Billion ounces.<\/p>\n<p>With numerous new advances in technology, it is expected that the industrial demand for silver will continue to increase for decades.\u00a0 The continued demand will continue to increase the price of the metals as both industrial and investment demand seek for equal share of the metal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Many silver investors think that silver is merely a hedge against inflation or money.\u00a0 While this has been largely true, since the start of the technology age in the 1970\u2019s, this historical pattern has changed. &hellip; 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