[Jewelry making - Article 01704] - Re: [Orchid] Palladium alloy for 18K white

[James Binnion]

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>     If the palladium you work in is 950, what is the alloy..... (or is
>     that a trade secret???) am I even allowed to ask this?? would it be
>     ok to work the palladium as 100% without any alloy, or are there
>     drawbacks to using the pure metal? 

    The new 950 palladium alloys are proprietary if not patented alloys.
    The old alloy was/is 95% Pd - 5% Ru. The new alloys are whiter. Pure
    Pd is too soft and nasty to work with because it is sticky and hard
    to polish like pure Pt. It is also very grey. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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