Silver amalgam is an alloy of with silver.

mercury

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The correct option is A mercury
An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with some other metal. Silver amalgam is an alloy of mercury with silver, tin and copper. It is also known as dental amalgam and used to fill cavities caused by tooth decay.

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Q. Silver amalgam is an alloy of _______ with silver.

There is an alloy (A) of silver and copper. A certain weight of this alloy is mixed with 15 kg of pure Silver and melted. The new alloy (B) contains $90 %$ of silver. If the same weight of alloy (A) is mixed with 10kg of a $90 %$ silver alloy, the new alloy (C) is found to contain $84 %$ silver. Find the percentage of silver in (A).