18K Yellow Gold Half-Round Wire, Dead-Soft

This 16-gauge, 18-karat yellow gold half-round wire is ideal for creating clasps, jump rings, cuff bracelets, narrow-shank rings, neck rings. The high-karat wire is great for your high-end designs and for pieces that are not exposed to a great deal of daily wear and tear. Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable by annealing or heat-hardening. When finishing your pieces, also keep in mind that the harder the metal is, the brighter a finish it will take. This yellow gold wire is sold coiled; it can be cut to any length that satisfies the system minimum. Orders must weigh at least 0.01 dwt.; 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: 16 ga., 10 ga., 12 ga., 14 ga., 24 ga.
Form: Wire
Shape: Half-round
Metal type: Gold
Metal color: Yellow
Karat: 18K
Hardness: Dead-soft
Dimensions: 1.30 x 0.66mm, 2.59 x 1.30mm, 2.05 x 0.99mm, 1.60 x 0.79mm, 0.51mm
Length per weight: 5.66 in./dwt (14.38 cm/dwt), 1.47 in./dwt (3.73 cm/dwt), 2.42 in./dwt (6.15 cm/dwt), 3.75 in./dwt (9.53 cm/dwt), 30.77 in./dwt (78.16 cm/dwt)
Weight per length: 0.177 dwt/in. (0.070 dwt/cm), 0.681 dwt/in. (0.268 dwt/cm), 0.413 dwt/in. (0.163 dwt/cm), 0.267 dwt/in. (0.105 dwt/cm), 0.032 dwt/in. (0.013 dwt/cm)
Thickness: 0.026" (0.66mm), 0.051" (1.3mm), 0.039" (0.99mm), 0.031" (0.79mm), 0.02" (0.51mm)
Country of origin: United States