Orange Gold
White gold is a very popular metal for use in all types of jewelry, and makes a smart choice for wedding rings, engagement rings and the eternity rings. However, if you've ever seen a solid gold bar, you probably noticed that pure gold has a vibrant orange and deep yellow. So where are from white gold? Actually, there is no such thing as white gold! Gold in its purest form is exactly the color of its name suggests-gold.
In 1900, jewelers have developed advanced techniques necessary to make platinum jewelry. Of platinum, a highly durable and a stunning silver white, became a top choice for silver which had been widely used to accent diamonds. The rarity of platinum, however, has contributed to its high value, making this beautiful silver metal unaffordable for most. White gold began to fill the insatiable public demand for a bright but sturdy metal silver for jewelry.
The purest form of gold, 24 karat gold, often not only used in the manufacture of jewelry because of its inherent weakness as a metal. Instead, gold is usually mixed with other metals to form an alloy, a combination of metals. However, simple mixing gold with other metal – make it appear white. When metal alloy, a change in atomic structure, which causes a change in the way the metal reflects light from different wavelengths. When gold is alloyed with one of the metals used to produce white gold, the metal takes on a shade of silver white, the characteristic color of white gold.
White gold can be produced by alloying gold with one or more other metals that have a "whitening" effect commonly nickel, zinc, copper or palladium. Nickel has been widely used to produce white gold in the past, although the jewelry industry is transitioning away from their use, partly because of allergic reactions that some people have to nickel. The palladium, platinum's sister metal, makes an excellent component of white gold, although their rarity and high melting point that palladium costly and difficult in the industry. White gold alloys are not limited to gold and other metals. It would be odd, for example, white gold consists of a combination of gold, silver, copper and palladium.
White gold jewelry is often coated with rhodium, a white metal, reflective and very durable which is also related to platinum. This rhodium plating serves to reinforce and clarify the color of white gold. Finally, a rhodium coating wears out, so there is a need to have re-plated white rhodium-plated gold jewelry regularly. The amount of time before returning to plates needed depends on the amount of rhodium present and how he is treated harshly the ring.
About the Author:
About the Author: Ian Maher is the CEO of Maliere, a leading provider of eternity rings, diamond rings, platinum rings and gold rings. For more information, please visit www.Maliere.com.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – White Gold in Jewelry
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