The use of the term solvent in this case is not correct.
Bite it really hard... if you lose teeth... it isn't solid gold.
It probably means that the ring is 18 karat gold electroplated, not solid gold.
Gold plated over silver means that the ring is made of silver with a thin layer of gold plated to it. It is not solid gold but solid silver with gold on it.
Gold is a solid at room temperature. It wouldn't make a good wedding ring otherwise.
A ring with an "18K" hallmark typically means it's solid 18K, but you can't rely on that. Hallmarks (stamps) are often wrong.
The solvent and solute in yellow gold is a solid solution of solutes (silver) and copper) in a solvent (gold). Sorry Please dont rate this bad, I am just giving you a possible answer. :)
Solute and solvent are not adequate terms for the majority of alloys.
Solvent: gold(58%) Solute: copper(42)
White gold is usually a composition of Gold + (Nickel & Zinc). Thus, the solvent would be Gold and solute would be Nickel & Zinc.
It means that the ring is plated in 22k gold, its not a solid gold ring.
You can get a solid gold ring at any major department store in your area. Sear, Macys are some of the stores that sells these solid gold rings, they also provide fitting.
Bite it really hard... if you lose teeth... it isn't solid gold.
cut it to see
The solvent if gold is Aqua
It probably means that the ring is 18 karat gold electroplated, not solid gold.
The ring is not actual solid 18K gold, it is only plated with 18K. The metal under the plating is not gold!
Gold plated over silver means that the ring is made of silver with a thin layer of gold plated to it. It is not solid gold but solid silver with gold on it.