[Jewelry making - Article 00296] - Re: [Orchid] Sterling

[James Binnion]

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>       They do not like each other and will not mix directly.  Nickel
>     tends to sit in a clump all by itself off in a corner somewhere
>     while the molten silver dances around it.  Has someone else out
>     there seen pure silver get pure nickel to join the party? 


    Hi Tyler, Welcome to the list. 

    If you look at a binary phase diagram of silver and nickel you will
    see that they do not alloy.  They are like oil and water  neither
    one is soluble in the other. You could as you say use it as a grain
    refiner but it would be in very tiny amounts (less than 1%) and you
    would need the copper or some other metal that is able to take
    nickel into solution  in the mix to get the nickel distributed. 

Jim
James Binnion Metal Arts LLC
http://www.mokume-gane.com
jbin AT mokume-gane.com

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