Jewelry White Gold – Beats Platinum Every Time

Why jewelry white gold? Gold, pure gold that is, is too soft for jewelry making. It loses shape very quickly and wears away. Once it has been mixed with other minerals it becomes harder so it holds its shape and wears at much slower rate.

Nickel, copper, silver, zinc, and palladium are the most common metals used to make alloys. Nickel has fallen out of favor in recent years because of allergies so a combination of copper, silver and palladium is used to make white gold. Palladium is particularly important as it serves two roles. The first is to bleach the gold white; the second is to add strength. Silver and copper also add to the bleaching effect.

Palladium is more expensive, however it is still cheaper than platinum so the white gold alloy, whilst more expensive than yellow gold, is still far cheaper than platinum.

Jewelry white gold that is 18 carat is generally formed in the proportions of 75% gold, 4% silver, 4% copper and 17% palladium. This blend, or alloy, has a platinum like finish whilst still being pliable enough that it can be formed into fine jewelry.ice.

To complete the job, the piece of jewelry white gold is rhodium plated. This intensifies the whiteness and forms a protective barrier against tarnishing, and, since the gold content is high, prevents the gold from wearing.

Jewelry white gold is one of the most popular alloys amongst young professionals as it provides the look and feel of platinum at a much lower cost. If you want the platinum look then look for quality jewelry white gold.

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