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Dichroic Bracelets

Dichroic bracelets is one of the most amazing jewelry bracelet materials glass artists are using today. A type of fused glass bracelets, dichronic glass bracelets is now being made into necklaces,earrings, bracelets and other artwork. All dicroic bracelets materials are made to the highest standards in our showroom.

While some of our fused glass bracelet designs may look similar in design, it is nice to know that each dichroic piece of glass used on our bracelets are completely unique.

Dichroic bracelets are a high-tech spin-off of the space industry. "Dichroic" is defined as the property of having more than one color, especially when viewed from different angles. Thin layers of metallic oxides, such as titanium, silicon, and magnesium are deposited upon the surface of the glass in a high temperature, vacuum furnace.

To make Dichroic bracelets the fused glass has to be inserted in a vacuum chamber and fused with metal oxides which give the glass bracelets the sparkly, iridescent look. It was used for science and then it was used by fused Dichroic glass bracelets because of its spectacular colors and beauty. The process is so lengthy, Dichroic glass is costly. We love the end result, you will too. It is well worth the price.

While we may not carry all types of Dichroic bracelets, fused glass artwork, fused jewelry and dichroic glass art .We feel that the fused glass we do sell is some of the finest Dichroic jewelry and dichroic bracelets in the world.

Dichroic glass bracelets are used in art glass as well as the laser industry for camera filters, by NASA and various other commercial applications. When worked in a kiln the color range shifts on the dichroic glass with the heat. By varying the firing temperature different colors can be produced from the same sheet of dichroic glass producing vibrant colors on the dichroic bracelets. Each fused dichroic bracelet is truly a unique piece of art, impossible to duplicate. Dichroic Glass invented over 100 years ago and developed in the 1960's as interference filters for use with lasers,dichroic glass is a product of the technology called "thin film physics" . Dichronic glass is used in art glass as well as the laser industry for camera filters, by NASA and various other commercial applications.

The fused glass bracelet coatings are made with molecular films of metal (primarily silicon and titanium oxides) evenly shuffled into multiple layers. The coating layers of metal oxides make the glass stiffer than other fusible glass and so requires special handling. The types of dichroic metals used and the order in which they are deposited are factors that determine the colors the glass filters and passes. The coatings are produced by depositing thin layers of a variety of metal oxides such as titanium, magnesium and silicon to the glass in a vacuum. A vacuum chamber is needed in order to produce a pure environment for the vapors to travel. The materials are vaporized in a crucible by a high voltage electron beam onto the rotating glass above. The glass must rotate to achieve a fuse dart uniform coating. This process causes the Dichroic bracelet glass to become a partial mirror by allowing only a select narrow band of light to transmit; other rays are rejected through reflection and absorption. As the light rays transmit through the glass at a right angle they are less effected by refraction than when passing at an extreme off axis angle where they have to travel a greater distance through the coated material. This greater distance causes a shift of color and when dichroic glass is viewed at even slightly different angles, you will see differing colors.