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Find materials based on their properties to find the right material for the job and solutions to material problems.
The PGM Database is a collection of published and internal Johnson Matthey data defining the physical properties and characteristics of platinum group metals and their alloys.
Presented as a datasheet of material properties in a user-friendly view, giving a comprehensive picture of a material and its capabilities. |
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Given its increasing popularity, most jewelers will sooner or later find themselves working in platinum. In recent years it has been Jurgen Maerz job to help them do it successfully - to show jewelers that working with platinum is not difficult, just different. To prove this he has written a series of platinum jewelry fabrication and repair tutorials. |
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Platinum can successfully combine originality and innovation with ease of production, practicality and consumer acceptability. Its superior mechanical and chemical qualities permit the production of jewelry designs that would otherwise stay on the drawing board. Johnson Mattheys jewelry technical manual, An Introduction to Platinum, covers every aspect of working in this versatile metal. |
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Published papers of process development in the working platinum and palladium by Johnson Matthey and other companies in the jewelry industry. |
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The marking of platinum jewelry is different from other metals. For the USA platinum should be marked according to the Federal Trade Commission guidelines. These are explained on www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/04/platguid.htm. |
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With the increased popularity of palladium for jewelry design and manufacturing comes the need to examine its unique working characteristics. In a series of technical briefs extracted from their evolving palladium technical manual, Palladium- an introduction, Johnson Matthey New York identify the optimal manufacturing opportunities for this intriguing new metal. |
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