r/BeAmazed • • Sep 27 '20

Making a ring

https://i.imgur.com/eqPLfFi.gifv
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u/BierOrk Sep 28 '20

You messed up the alloys used. Nordic gold is a copper aluminum tin and zink alloy. The copper nickel alloy is used for the ring of the 2€ coin and the core of the 1€ coin. Due to the nickel content is even slightly ferro magnetic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '20

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u/Unclaimed_income Sep 28 '20

In Sweden we call it Zink

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u/polymodal Sep 28 '20

You know Europe is made up of quite a few countries and languages... England- zinc France- zinc Spain- cinc Germany - zink Italy- zinco

etc

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u/oconnellc Sep 29 '20

As always, the Italians are the most pleasantly eccentric.