subject: New Trend Of Metal Glasses Frame Materials [print this page] The other day, I decided to buy a pair of new glasses, and then I went to an optical store nearby. On entering it, the shop assistant constantly introduced me various kinds of glasses of different materials, metal, plastic, copper nickel alloy, acetate, plastic steel, titanium and many others that I couldn't remember the names. Instantly, my head was spinning. Facing some many kinds of glasses that I've never dipped in, I had no idea which one to buy. Therefore, I decided to go home and made out some information about them on the Internet.
You will never know if you never tried. As I entered a keyword "eyeglasses", abundance of information concerning eyeglasses were listed. Not until that time did I know that eyeglass was also a subject that had a lot to learn. With the individuation and development of eyeglasses industry, glasses materials become ever more diverse. As for metal frames, they can be made from various metal materials, such as copper base alloy, nickel base alloy, stainless steel and metallic titanium. Since 1990s, copper base alloy was widely used to make eyeglasses metal frames. However, in view of their easy corrosion and easy allergy, they were gradually replaced by nickel base alloy which had made improvement on anti corrosion and anti allergy. That the new replace the old is the natural law. Up to now the most popular materials for making glasses frames are metallic titanium and stainless steel.
Titanium is considered to be the ideal material for making glasses frames, for its merits of security, lightweight and durability. But it is pretty expensive, common people can hardly afford. On the contrary, stainless steel, possessing similar performance as titanium, is much cheaper. According to figures, the sales volume of stainless steel frames account for 30% in the metal glasses frames in 2005, while in 2007 its sales volume soars to 70%. As we can see, stainless steel will take up bigger market share in the future.
After getting a general understanding of eyeglasses materials, I finally went to an online optical store, www.Firmoo.com which is recommended by my friend, and I easily bought a pair of glasses with stainless steel frames. I think it is fashionable and durable.
