A jewelry tool for calculating the ligature, with its help you always accurately and quickly calculate the necessary weights for obtaining the desired sample of gold
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Ligature is an alloy of two or more components, intended for the introduction into the liquid metal of refractory elements. Doping with ligatures gives more stable results when it is necessary to introduce small concentrations of alloying impurities due to the ease of dosing or the introduction of easily oxidizable or volatile elements at high temperatures into the alloy.
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In the jewelry business, the ligature is added to the precious metal to bring the jewelry alloy to a certain sample, to change the color of the alloy, as well as to give it various useful properties:
- Increase of hardness, wear resistance of metal. It is necessary for prolonged use of the product.
- Improve malleability, casting properties, increase / decrease the melting temperature of the alloy for the convenience of processing items by the jeweler.
For gold, the ligature usually consists of silver and copper, platinum, palladium, nickel and zinc are less often added.