new silver alloy

trseaman · Post by **trseaman** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:47 pm

Here's an interesting webpage that I found after reading your post...

http://www.ilzro.org/src/tarnish.htm

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:06 pm

Some flute makers are offer it It's a germanium alloy called "argentium".

http://www.argentiumsilver.com/

Carroll · Post by **Carroll** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:06 pm

http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=4748

It even says they may make i-pod cases with it... now that is putting technology to good use.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:52 pm

I see nothing that says one can plate the alloy. Kinda puts it out of the question for tubas...

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:47 pm

zoro wrote:Being an alloy(it'd be interesting to know what's there besides silver), plating is probably ot of the question.
It could be possible to make bells from the the sheeting, or leadpies from the tubing.

Thought I already mentioned it--germanium--and of course, some copper.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:33 am

Germanium - isn't that the element used in the first generation transistors? Now we will have to advertise it as "solid state" metal!!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:42 am

iiipopes wrote:Germanium - isn't that the element used in the first generation transistors? Now we will have to advertise it as "solid state" metal!!

Germanium is currently a very hot technology as part of Si-Ge high-frequency circuits. It looks very promising for 2-10 GHz telecomm applications.