[Jewelry making - Article 00189] - Re: [Orchid] A different Argentium problem

[MillsGem]

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    The suggestion that under certain circumstances Argentium silver
    might be more prone to breakage brings to mind the consideration of
    how Argentium might hold up in heavy wear as a bracelet. Silver
    bracelets are very prone to breakage because people inevitably
    squeeze them onto their wrists thus subjecting them to repeated
    bending. All metals will behave accordingly when repeatedly bent
    unless they are specially alloyed to behave like a spring. 

    Germanium is hardly likely to increase the flexibility or strength
    of Argentium so the jury is out on what its characteristics might be
    under the same conditions. 

Ron Mills, Mills Gem Co. Los Osos, Ca

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