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Articles
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Health & Safety
Papers
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Working guides and technical articles
Other documents
Argentium Silver Résumé
Articles (listed in date order)
'Say Farewell to Firescale - AJM 2004 Innovation Award Winner: Argentium Sterling Silver'Written by Glen Beres: originally published by AJM Magazine, December 2004. (Link to http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/argentium-silver.htm - external web site)
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Data sheets (listed alphabetically)
Argentium Silver Solders and soldering tips (pdf download)Environmental and economic benefits of eliminating firescale (pdf download)Firescale-free Argentium Silver (pdf download)Germanium - the key to Argentium Silver (pdf download)Hardness, durability and heat-hardening Argentium® Silver (pdf download)Increased ductility (pdf download)Investment casting Argentium Silver (pdf download)Tarnish resistant Argentium Silver (pdf download)Weldable Argentium Silver (pdf download) ^ Top
Health & Safety documents
Certificate to Conformity to pr EN ISO 8442-7 By CATRA (Cutlery & Allied Trades Research Association (pdf download)
MSDS - germanium By Teckcominco (pdf download)
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Papers
'The Properties and Applications of Argentium® Sterling Silver'
31st IPMI Conference paper, by Sam Davis and Peter Johns, June 2007. (pdf download)
Reports (listed alphabetically)
CATRA* report 956994: 'Tarnish Testing of Silver Alloys' (pdf download)CATRA* report 963443B: 'Resistance to Firestain Evaluation of Silver Alloys'Testing the firescale/firestain resistance of Argentium Silver and standard sterling silver in comparison with a range of US sterling silver alloys. (pdf download)
CATRA* report 963854: 'Resistance to Firestain Evaluation of Silver Alloys' Testing the firescale/firestain resistance of Argentium Silver and standard sterling silver in comparison with a range of European sterling silver alloys. (pdf download)
* CATRA (Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association) website: www.catra.org
Stern-Leach report: 'Laser Weldable Joints' (pdf download)The Goldsmiths' Company report 'Investigation of the Quality of Enamel on Germanium Silver' Written by A. M. Edge, V. E. Edge and J. J. Edge: published by The Goldsmiths' Company Technical Bulletin, Issue 2, 2005. (pdf download)
Working guides and technical articles (listed in date order)
Cynthia Eid's guide to 'Soldering Argentium® Silver' (pdf download)
Trevor F's blog 'Working with Argentium® Sterling Silver' (Link to http://www.touchmetal.com/blog/argentium-blog.html - external web site)
Marty Anderson's blog 'Argentium® Sterling Silver experiences' (Link to http://argexp.blogspot.com external web site)
Cynthia Eid's technical article 'Road Testing Argentium® Sterling' A further adaption and update of the article first published in SNAG News and later updated for Rio Grande. The article was written for a special feature entitled 'the new silvers' for Art Jewelry Magazine, published September 2006.
Eva Martin's technical article 'Step by Step - Argentium® Silver Box Clasp' Instructions how to make a variation of the standard box clasp, using Argentium Silver. Published by Jewelry Arts & Lapidary Journal, February 2006. (Link to http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/box-clasp.htm - external web site)
Cynthia Eid's technical article 'Working with Argentium® Sterling Silver - Tips & Procedures' An update of the article first published in SNAG News. The article was commissioned by Rio Grande. (Link to http://www.yourriogrande.com/downloads/applications/DocumentLibraryManager/inc_documentlibrarymanager.asp - external web site, to download pdf)
Cynthia Eid's technical article 'Argentium® Sterling Silver' Published by SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Technical Newsletter, July 2005. (Link to http://www.cynthiaeid.com - external web site)
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Other documents (listed alphabetically)
'Sterling Revolution' , by Clare Felgate A presentation document summarising the background, advantages, impact and potential of Argentium Sterling Silver. (pdf download)
'Why does hardness matter in jewellery alloys?', by Charles Allenden (pdf download)