[Jewelry making - Article 00781] - Re: [Orchid] Making Metal Balls at the End

[Artsygirl1017]

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Hey Wendy,

    I don't know if you have tried using Argentium Ster. Silver yet. But
    it has a lower melting temp and is much less conductive than regular
    ster. silver. this is from the society of American silversmiths: 

          The International Annealed Copper Scale (IACS) is a measure
          of conductivity in metals. On this scale the value of copper
          is 100%, pure silver is 106%, and standard sterling silver
          96%, while a sterling alloy containing 1.1% germanium has a
          conductivity of 56% 

    and the lack of fire scale means you don't need to clean it they way
    you would have to clean regular ster.silver 

    I'm interested to hear what works for you though! 

Beth

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