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Alloying sterling silver?
Hi!
I've just tried [unsuccessfully] to alloy some sterling silver for the first time. Seems like it should be easy right? Melted 31.1g of fine silver with 2.5g of 99.95 pure copper (I analyzed it at work). Both metals were cleaned in acid then washed off in water first. I'm using a propane / O2 torch and stirred the heck out of the molten metal with a quartz rod..... Poured it into some water to make some grains and lo-and-behold.... I got a mess! The copper and silver separate into a un-homogenous clump. I tried several times to get it to blend but it's being very stubborn. Any help on the topic would be much appreciated. Thanks! Dave B. |
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