[Jewelry making - Article 00846] - Re: [Orchid] Maleable bronze

[Martin Niemeijer]

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Dear Sam,

    To have a malleable bronze, the alloy element of Sn may not be over
    8% above this you get brittle CuSn particles in your bronze. Also
    elements such as lead, and aluminium phosphor are nice to make
    bearings. But a problem if you want to a malleable alloy. A good and
    obtainable alloy is CuSn6. In the early days a bronze sword is casted
    and than the blade is hammered out to get more strengt. Also where
    these blades not longer than 55 cm. 

Good luck

Martin Niemeijer

Ndesign 
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