Precious metal alloys are a vital ingredient of the fine jewellery industry. This course includes background information about precious metal alloying; the how, why and where of the processes. It offers insights to help all those in the industry understand the materials fundamental to their profession and answers many day to day questions relating to metals.
Course Content
Lessons
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Lesson 1 – Basic Principles of Alloys
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Topic 1: What is an alloy?
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Topic 2: Where does precious metal comes?
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Topic 3: Why do we value precious metals?
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Topic 4: What are precious metals?
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Topic 5: The periodic table of elements?
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Topic 6: Precious metal density
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Topic 7: How much do these earrings weigh?
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Topic 8: Why don’t Jewellery manufacturers use pure precious metal?
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Topic 9: Creating an alloy
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Topic 10: What does alloying achieve?
- Topic 1: What is an alloy?
- Topic 2: Where does precious metal comes?
- Topic 3: Why do we value precious metals?
- Topic 4: What are precious metals?
- Topic 5: The periodic table of elements?
- Topic 6: Precious metal density
- Topic 7: How much do these earrings weigh?
- Topic 8: Why don’t Jewellery manufacturers use pure precious metal?
- Topic 9: Creating an alloy
- Topic 10: What does alloying achieve?
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Lesson 2 – Exploring the most popular alloys used in Jewellery, Silverware & Manufacturing
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Topic 1: Alloy Types
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Topic 2: Why does it matter which alloy is used?
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Topic 3: What are the main benefits of alloying Precious metal?
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Topic 4: Gold is not always yellow…
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Topic 5: Mixing the ingredients
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Topic 6: Elements in commercial precious metal alloys
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Topic 7: 18ct Gold Alloys, Yellow, White and Red
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Topic 8: 9ct Gold Alloys, Yellow, White and Red
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Topic 9: 22ct Gold Alloys – Yellow and Red
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Topic 10: Platinum and Palladium
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Topic 11: Silver Alloys
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Topic 12: Silver Alloys with greater tarnish resistance
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Topic 13: Wearing Jewellery of different alloys or fineness together
- Topic 1: Alloy Types
- Topic 2: Why does it matter which alloy is used?
- Topic 3: What are the main benefits of alloying Precious metal?
- Topic 4: Gold is not always yellow…
- Topic 5: Mixing the ingredients
- Topic 6: Elements in commercial precious metal alloys
- Topic 7: 18ct Gold Alloys, Yellow, White and Red
- Topic 8: 9ct Gold Alloys, Yellow, White and Red
- Topic 9: 22ct Gold Alloys – Yellow and Red
- Topic 10: Platinum and Palladium
- Topic 11: Silver Alloys
- Topic 12: Silver Alloys with greater tarnish resistance
- Topic 13: Wearing Jewellery of different alloys or fineness together