friction

Sometime ago I had a 14K gold chain, and I've put an 18K gold pendant on it.
It wasn't long before the chain started breaking (frequently). A few days
ago I've read one online article which stated that wearing pendants on
chains of another caratage (than the one of pendants) causes friction forse,
which can, because of the diference in hardness of metals, result in
damaging the chain, making it easier to break. Any opinions on that?

Marijan

m4816k wrote:
Sometime ago I had a 14K gold chain, and I've put an 18K gold pendant
on it. It wasn't long before the chain started breaking (frequently).
A few days ago I've read one online article which stated that wearing
pendants on chains of another caratage (than the one of pendants)
causes friction forse, which can, because of the diference in
hardness of metals, result in damaging the chain, making it easier to
break. Any opinions on that?

Without any pendant a gold chain made in thin elements will be worn out
after some years. A worn out chain will break very often. Nothing to do
with different karats of gold.

--
Heinrich Butschal
casting technologies
http://butschal.de/werkstatt