Jewelry Design
Originally published in 1987
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A jeweler's torch generates temperatures of 1,400 - 1,800 degrees. Asbestos blocks were used as soldering bases but they were disintegrating at high temperatures. Space Shuttle tiles, manufactured by Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., offered a base with temperature resistance far beyond his requirements.
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Abstract
A jeweler's torch generates temperatures of 1,400 - 1,800 degrees. Asbestos blocks were used as soldering bases but they were disintegrating at high temperatures. Space Shuttle tiles, manufactured by Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., offered a base with temperature resistance far beyond his requirements.