samedi 22 septembre 2012

Discussion on Palladium Jewelry

By Lila Rice


Palladium is one of the metals from the family of platinum. It consist a uncommon silver-white ductile malleable chemical element like platinum. The history of Palladium isn't too long with regards to its use in jewelry. In comparison to conventional jewelry making metals like gold, silver and platinum, it is fairly a new metal in jewelry business. Palladium has plenty of advantages over other metals as it is more affordable and hypoallergenic unlike white gold. As its recognition raises in the fine jewelry industry and among the jewelry lover, many jewelers and shops are now cashing on this new metal.

In recent times a perfect palladium was created to cast jewelries through innovations in creating a castable palladium alloy called 950 Palladium. As more and more customers start to learn more about Palladium and its benefits, there is a high expectation that in future, palladium could very well be the next revolution in jewelry. Much of this relies on the fact Palladium is in the platinum group of metals and shares numerous of the same characteristics as platinum like high purity, good luster and white look.

The primary reason behind the popularity of platinum is its purity. Likewise, consumers are attracted towards Palladium in the same way as platinum simply because it is a purer material that's not fabricated or artifical. Another advantage of Palladium is it is extremely light metal. Palladium is 40% less heavier than platinum. These characteristics make Palladium an exciting metal to work with. Also, it could be used to set larger stones in designer jewelry and the piece will not even feel overly heavy to wear because it is lot less dense.

To create white gold, gold must be alloyed with a number of white metals such as palladium, nickel and silver. However, it is not possible to turn gold a pure white colour as 18ct gold is 75% gold and 25% alloy. Thus, all white gold is electro-plated with Rhodium resulting in the bright metallic white color we know so nicely. Overtime, consumer are led to think their gold has tarnished as the rhodium-plating wears off. Because palladium is a naturally white metal, there is no need to rhodium-plate it and palladium jewelry will maintain its color over time.

Palladium is a valuable metal ideally suited to engagement rings and wedding bands, yet can also be a cost-effective metal. What better time for you to invest inside a ring right now, when the costs are low and palladium rings are still distinctive.




About the Author:



Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire