White gold
steel is an alloy
Stainless steel, gold alloy, nickel/titanuim alloy. source= textbook.
Nickel is an element.
White gold is not an element like gold or platinum. Rather, it is an alloy of regular yellow gold with nickel or palladium, which bleaches the alloy white. The only sense in which the nickel and palladium improve it is by turning it whitish, so there probably is no use for white gold except for jewelry.
Unfortunately nickel is usually alloyed into a metal; for example stainless steel has high chromium and nickel content in order to boost its corrosion resistance. When you scrap your nickel alloy, you should get payed accordingly to how much nickel is in the alloy.
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It all depends of the alloy content. Regardless of the fineness of the gold in the alloy, the allergy might be caused by the nickel content in that alloy. The best is to ask in the jewelry store, prior to the purchase, if the golden jewelry contains any nickel.
A silver-colored alloy of gold with nickel,platinum, or another metal.
White gold is one of the many alloys of gold. It contains at least one of nickel, manganese or palladium. In the same types of processes other gold alloy colours can be attained:Pure gold: YellowYellow Gold: An alloy of gold and copperRose/Pink Gold: An alloy of gold and a higher proportion of copperGreen Gold: An alloy of gold and silver
White gold jewelry typically is made from a gold-palladium-silver alloy or gold-nickel-copper-zinc alloy. However, about one in eight people experiences a reaction to the nickel-containing alloy, usually in the form of a skin rash. Most European jewelry manufacturers and some American jewelry manufacturers avoid nickel white gold, since alloys made without nickel are less allergenic. The nickel alloy is most often encountered in older white gold jewelry and in some rings and pins, where the nickel produces a white gold that is strong enough to stand up to the wear and tear these pieces of jewelry experience. From About.com
No, they are made from an alloy of nickel and brass.
Stainless steel, gold alloy, nickel/titanuim alloy. source= textbook.
No, white gold is not pure gold, but it is an alloy of gold with any other metal like palladium, rhodium, etc.
It depends on the Karat weight. 18K white gold is 75% gold and 25% alloy, 14K white gold is 58% gold and 42% alloy, 9K white gold is 32% gold and 68% alloy. White and yellow gold have exactly the same gold content. The only difference is the alloy mixed with the gold. White gold is usually yellow gold mixed with silver, palladium or nickel.
White gold is an alloy of gold and a white metal, usually nickel or palladium. It is as real as any other form of gold.
Probably 18 karat gold/nickel alloy. White gold is gold mixed with nickel and looks silver.