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Essay On Metals
Beginning of Paper
On Gold
What's so special about this gold stuff, anyway? I mean, it's
expensive because it's rare but why do we use it in jewellery?
Gold has a couple of fairly unique properties that have made it
attractive to jewellers throughout history. Prime among these is its
resistance to corr .... Middle of Paper .... 24 K gold can be
easily opened and closed without special tools and without growing brittle
and/or breaking as is the case with most harder alloys.
The disadvantages are clear. The price is high and in its pure form
it's so soft it wears quickly from the purely mechanic rubbing of your skin
and of other jewellery.
The common solution, however, is not without its flaws. "Cutting"
the gold with cheaper metals can mean dramatic savings in material cost and
highly improved resistance to wear but we must remember that it also
changes the other sp ....
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