Question

give reason copper is used for making electrical wire while silver is not

Answer 1

Both copper and silver are good conductors of electricity.

Copper is a metal thus, it has strong metallic binds and the free electrons allow them to conduct electricity.

The problem with silver is that it gets tarnished with time. Also, it is more exensive than copper.

Answer 2

We know that copper as well as silver are good conductors of heat and light.

In fact silver is best conductor of electricity.

Although we use copper as conductor in wires not the silver beacuse silver is pretty much costly to afford.

While copper is not so costly, and also availablilty of copper is easy to get.