.950 Platinum Round Wire, Dead-Soft

This dead-soft, .950 platinum round wire, the bread-&-butter of jewelry making, is useful for creating components and for a wide variety of techniques. Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer; it is an ideal starting point for forming, shaping and wire-wrapping. 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. 20-gauge wire is a good all-purpose weight; it is useful for head pins, jump rings, cuff and wire bracelets, neck wires, ear wires, earring posts, rivets. 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. Composition is 95% platinum/5% ruthenium; stamp "PLAT". This wire 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. Grayish-white platinum is a precious metal prized for its density and durability. Jewelry made from platinum is extremely strong, ideal for designs that need to stand up to daily wear, and is hypoallergenic, ideal for customers with metal sensitivities.

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Gauge: 20 ga., 22 ga., 18 ga., 16 ga., 24 ga.
Form: Wire
Shape: Round
Metal type: Platinum
Metal color: White
Purity: .950
Hardness: Dead-soft
Dimensions: 0.81mm, 0.64mm, 1.02mm, 1.29mm, 0.51mm
Length per weight: 0.52 ft./dwt (15.85 cm/dwt), 0.75 ft./dwt (22.86 cm/dwt), 0.31 ft./dwt (9.45 cm/dwt), 0.19 ft./dwt (5.79 cm/dwt), 1.24 ft./dwt (37.80 cm/dwt)
Weight per length: 1.920 dwt/ft. (0.063 dwt/cm), 1.333 dwt/ft. (0.044 dwt/cm), 3.245 dwt/ft. (0.106 dwt/cm), 5.160 dwt/ft. (0.169 dwt/cm), 0.806 dwt/ft. (0.026 dwt/cm)
Thickness: 0.032" (0.81mm), 0.025" (0.64mm), 0.04" (1.02mm), 0.051" (1.3mm), 0.02" (0.51mm)
Country of origin: Canada