I am curious because I am writing a book, and since I am aware that gold is a fairly soft metal I would like to know if it would be possible to make a basket style sword handle out of a mix of gold and some other metal so that if it were to take a hit it would not colapse and and crush the sword user's hand.
2006-09-10 09:54:56 · 4 answers · asked by pharaoh_yugi2000 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
you cannot mix them in an alloy as a stronger metal would need more time to heat and the properties would be off. but you can make a hilt guard out of another metal and then plate or filigree another metal on top of it. which is how the spanish did it. you can also add jewels to the hilt for show or what ever but you cannot have them truely mixed but can be added later for show
2006-09-10 09:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by gsschulte 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to smelt gold and steel, but difficult due to the large difference in their melting points. And I am not sure what the properties would be, I would think that it would be a fairly weak metal, not able to take much of a blow. But it would make for good fiction, so run with it.
2006-09-10 17:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you describe would either be "diluted" gold, (and what is the point of that? It wouldn't look like gold) or "soft" steel, again, defeating the purpose.
What you describe would be better, more attractive and more practical would be to inlay the steel weave with gold inlay. Many of the more decorataive sword blades and accessories are done this way.
2006-09-10 17:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how bout just engraving the gold on steel or coat the steel with gold that way it will have the lustre of gold and the streangth of steel
2006-09-12 23:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by arcturus pendragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋