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Chlorine's effect on jewellery.
Chlorine can be found in many items and
things that people come into contact with on a daily basis. Chlorine
is a substance you do not wish your jewellery to become exposed to.
Not only can it cause damage to a gemstone, but also it can react with
the metals alloyed with gold and platinum, causing fractures and fragility.
Here are a few tips to avoid your jewellery being damaged by chlorine.
- Always remove your jewellery when swimming in
chlorinated swimming pools. Regular exposure this way can lead to the
loosening of settings, and if you loose a stone in a swimming pool you
are unlikely to get it back. Another problem swimming pools can cause
for pendants is the rusting of springs in clasps. A clasp that is made
of gold or platinum will usually have a steel spring inside of it, giving
it, its closing action. Obviously when steel comes in contact with water
over time it will rust, causing the clasp to fail. Water with chlorine
in only accelerates this reaction.
- Make hot tubs a jewellery free zone. Hot tubs
generally will have chlorine in the water, even most ozone filtered
ones do. The combination of chlorine and heat also makes the chemical
reaction worse thus meaning less exposure can cause more damage.
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The alloys in platinum and gold can
react with the chlorine causing weakness and damage. |
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