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You may already notice that today there are so many kinds of eyeglasses sold in the market that you can hardly know all of them. So it can be a really hard work to classify all these kinds of eyeglass. As a people who need to wear eyeglasses in your daily life, it is necessary to learn some basic knowledge about the eyeglasses, or you may be confused when buying the eyeglasses. Simply speaking, a pair of eyeglasses consists of two lenses, two temples, and a frame. They can be full-frame ones, semi-frame ones and the rimless ones. And also eyeglasses can be classified by the frame materials. Eyeglasses can be made from various kinds of materials. Now with the development of technology, metal and plastic are not the only options any more. Metal variations such as the alloys and the plastic variations are also available for making eyeglasses frames.

Eyeglass frames which are made from the material of metal or alloys are heavier than those made from plastics. Today to make eyeglasses frames, titanium, monel, and beryllium can all be used. They all have their own advantages over others. Eyeglasses frames made from monel are break-resistant and malleable. Eyeglasses frames made from titanium are much lighter than others, and they are more durable and break-resistant. This kind of eyeglasses frames is more and more popular among people who like to wear metal eyeglasses. However, titanium eyeglasses are somehow a little expensive, people with low incomes may not prefer to buy them. But the eyeglasses frames made from beryllium are much cheaper, and have almost all the advantages of the titanium eyeglasses frames, so they can be a good choice for many people.

As for the plastic eyeglasses frames, they often refer to materials like cellulose, polycarbonate, blended nylon, and nylon. But of all these materials, they have one thing in common—-they are all very light, not like the metal ones. Maybe this is just the reason why many people prefer to buy plastic eyeglass frames. However, every coin has two sides, plastic eyeglass frames also have their disadvantages, such as color fading, and becoming breakable after using for a long time.

Above are just two basic kinds of materials of making eyeglasses frames, there are too many kinds of eyeglasses to talk, but I still hope that you’ll finally find out your favorite eyeglasses frames with some information provided above.