Which one of the following does not contain silver?

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Q: 134 (IAS/2007)
Which one of the following does not contain silver?

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Science

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'german silver': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'horn silver': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'silver': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'ruby silver': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'lunar caustic': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

Option 1: Horn Silver is another name for the mineral cerargyrite, which is a form of silver chloride, thus it contains silver.

Option 2: German Silver, also known as nickel silver, is a silver-colored alloy of copper, nickel and zinc and does not contain any actual silver. So, this is the correct answer.

Option 3: Ruby Silver refers to two minerals, proustite and pyrargyrite, both contain silver as a component of their chemical structure, so they contain silver.

Option 4: Lunar Caustic is a common name for silver nitrate, therefore contains silver.

So, we can conclude that only German Silver does not contain silver although its name suggests otherwise.