Sterling Silver Half-Round Wire, 1/2 Hard

This 1/2-hard sterling silver half-round wire offers a flat surface that makes it great for wire-wrapping on flat components and helps makes soldering more effective while presenting a round profile in your designs. The wire is great for creating loops, links and jump rings that have a flat inner surface. Metal that is 1/2-hard is partially work-hardened and will hold its shape under some stress; ideal for forming structures that will support other components. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable (by annealing or heat-hardening) and is relative among metal types (each temper will feel and handle differently from one metal to another). When finishing your pieces, also keep in mind that the harder the metal is, the brighter a finish it will take. 18-gauge wire is useful for clasps, jump rings, cuff bracelets, narrow-shank rings, neck rings. As you know, jewelry wire has as many uses as there are jewelers and designers who use it to achieve their vision; these suggested uses simply represent some of the more common applications of this metal weight. The wire is packaged on spools, but may be coiled upon request (10-ozt. maximum per coil). It can be cut to any length that satisfies the system minimum. Orders must weigh at least 0.01 ozt.; if you click "Add to Cart" for a quantity less than this, the cart will offer a prompt to let you know what the minimum for this item is.

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Gauge: 18 ga., 14 ga., 24 ga., 22 ga., 16 ga., 12 ga., 20 ga., 10 ga., 21 ga.
Form: Wire
Shape: Half-round
Metal type: Sterling silver
Metal color: White
Purity: .925
Hardness: 1/2-hard
Dimensions: 0.99 x 0.51mm, 1.63 x 0.82mm, 0.51 x 0.25mm, 0.64 x 0.31mm, 1.30 x 0.64mm, 2.06 x 1.02mm, 0.81 x 0.41mm, 2.59 x 1.30mm, 0.72 x 0.36mm
Length per weight: 23.83 ft./ozt (726.34 cm/ozt), 9.52 ft./ozt (290.17 cm/ozt), 104.17 ft./ozt (3175.1 cm/ozt), 56.6 ft./ozt (1725.17 cm/ozt), 14.29 ft./ozt (435.56 cm/ozt), 5.88 ft./ozt (179.22 cm/ozt), 38.04 ft./ozt (1159.46 cm/ozt), 3.7 ft./ozt (112.78 cm/ozt), 49.02 ft./ozt (1494.13 cm/ozt)
Weight per length: .042 ozt/ft. (.0014 ozt/cm), .105 ozt/ft. (.0034 ozt/cm), .01 ozt/ft. (.0003 ozt/cm), .018 ozt/ft. (.0006 ozt/cm), .07 ozt/ft. (.0023 ozt/cm), .17 ozt/ft. (.0056 ozt/cm), .026 ozt/ft. (.0009 ozt/cm), .27 ozt/ft. (.0089 ozt/cm), .02 ozt/ft. (.0007 ozt/cm)
Thickness: 0.02" (0.51mm), 0.032" (0.81mm), 0.01" (0.25mm), 0.012" (0.3mm), 0.025" (0.64mm), 0.04" (1.02mm), 0.016" (0.41mm), 0.051" (1.3mm), 0.014" (0.36mm)
Country of origin: United States