Titanium White Gold Ring, about platinum ?
i have a few questions to clear out, correct me if im wrong, platinum and
white gold are two different things right? so is there such thing as pure
(100%) white gold then?
i have bough a ring, just a plain normal design, about 5mm i would say, im
not sure if it's white gold or platinum, it meant to be pure white gold but
im very confuse. the thing about it is that it does get out of shape after
some time, so.....??
and by the way, titanium rings are cheaper than platinum or white gold rings
right?
There is no pure white gold as white gold is an alloy of normal gold and
palladium eg 18k white gold is 750 parts gold and 250 parts palladium this
alloy is used for manufacture and setting while the other 18k white gold
alloy (750 parts gold, 150 parts nickel, 50 parts zinc and 50 parts copper)
is used to make parts like clasps etc because it is springier. it gets its
colouring from the white metals and a bit of additional strength as well.
thus ends todays lecture on alloys :) hope this helped. Platinum is a
completley different metal and your right about it being expensive i believe
it is the most expensive jewellery crafting metal although if anyone has
other data feel free to correct me. i cant honestly comment on the
comparitive prices of white gold and titanium though sorry
Gold is yellow if pure. Always. It is never white, red, green, blue, pink,
purple, or polkadot. Platinum is Gray-white, tending to white, but NOT
white.
White Gold is an alloy. Platinum as jewelry is USUALLY an alloy. "White"
Gold is NOT white but it IS "whiter" than other Gold alloys. Both Platinum
and "White" Gold are generally plated with other PGM's ( Platinum Group
Metals ) to get them closer to what folks think of as "White" metal.
Titanium is less costly gram for gram than either Platinum or White Gold
but is harder to work with therefore the answer to your Titanium question
is --- maybe.
Wrong, terribly wrong! 18K Paladium white gold is never only gold and
Palladium, but usually also Silver, Copper and somethimes Nickel and a few
other
metals. A typical 18 karat palladium containing white gold alloy might be, in
parts per thousand: Gold 750, Silver 40, Copper 40, Palladium 170
Check out the charts at the bottom of the page for various compositions of
Nickel and Palladium white gold alloys at
http://www.gold.org/jewellery/technology/alloys/