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Re: [Orchid] Enameling on Argentium?  
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From: Trevor F
Date: Wed Feb 23 20:15:24 2005
 
     
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>     I've put up a couple of photos of pieces that ere made of
>     hardenable silver and cracked after being enamelled. .... 

Hello Bill,

    I assume from your mention of "hardenable silver" that you _don't_
    mean Argentium, correct? 

    I don't have any technical data on Argentium's shrinkage rates but I
    have heard that some "hardenable" silvers contain significant amounts
    of nickel and/or magnesium and have higher than normal shrinkage
    rates. Might something similar have happened to you? If you could
    specify what alloy you were using that would great. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light

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