TierraCast bead - Casbah Euro - BA

15 kr

Buy 20 pc or more for 13.50 kr/each

Buy 40 pc or more for 12 kr/each

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Part no:

94576027

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Antique brass detailed and beautiful, these beads make lovely spacers — 5.5x12 mm

All of our pewter beads is lead-free and nickel safe our plating is done with silver, gold, copper and brass to create a stunning finished product. Incorporate these cost-effective components into your designs as an alternative to precious metal.

Measurements:	Length 5.5mm, Diameter 12mm, Hole Size 4mm
Package of:	1 pce
Material:	Pewter
Color:	Antique Brass-plating, mässingpläterad
Place of origin:	USA
Please note!:	All of our pewter charms is lead-free and Nickel safe!

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Pewter is a metal alloy, traditionally between 85 and 99 percent tin, with the remainder consisting of copper and antimony acting as hardeners. Lower grades of pewter may contain as much as 60% lead, giving them a bluish tint.

The Federal Trade Commission and the American Pewter Guild define pewter as a "metal alloy product of which the chemical composition shall be not less than 90% Grade A Tin, with the remainder composed of metals appropriate for use in pewter."

TierraCast uses an alloy called Britannia, composed of 92% tin, 7.5 % antimony and .5% copper. Tin is refined from ore that contains other metals, including lead. A chemical process is used to remove the lead, but trace amounts still remain. Although all pewter contains trace amounts of lead, the term "lead free pewter" is used to describe pewter that meets the stringent FDA standard of less than .05% (or 500 parts per million) lead content in pewter in contact with food.