Yellow Gold

Yellow Gold

What is the ideal metal for your engagement ring?
Besides traditional gold, other metals available include silver, platinum and
titanium.

Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each metal.

But by nature is yellow and is soft. It is mixed with other metals to form an alloy as which is stronger. But pure gold is called 24 karat. 18K gold means gold and 18 pieces 6 pieces of metal remaining.

Gold is also alloyed with other metals to create different colors of gold. Adding copper to gold gives pink gold. Adding silver to gold gives it a green appearance. The addition of nickel or palladium are becomes white gold, yellow gold. Her gold jewelry can also be done using a combination of two or more colors. They are called two-tone or three shades of gold.
A higher gold content of yellow gold makes the metal more yellow than yellow gold with a lower gold content. Similarly, rose pink gold 18K offers a more subtle compared to 9 K rose gold, which has a bright pink. The color of yellow gold and rose gold does not chip or disappear with age. People prefer white gold, yellow gold diamond, for a better match with white gold. Platinum.However is less expensive than some people develop allergies due to the presence of gray nickel.Actually white gold is light, but is covered with a layer of rhodium. Rhodium is very white and very hard, but eventually the layer disappears. It is necessary to make a new layer of rhodium each and a means to maintain a bright white.
Money is a gray-white metal that is softer than gold, platinum and titanium. It is preferable to use for jewelry that are used only occasionally. I would not recommend for use as an engagement ring or wedding ring. Silver also turns blackish in color due to its tendency to oxidize easily.

Platinum – A metal that is very interesting because it is rarer than gold. It is 60% denser than gold and white are the diamonds. The advantages are that platinum is stronger than Unlike wear gold. It's just a groove that pushes the metal on the sides. Platinum is hypoallergenic. The platinum jewelry is almost pure platinum with 5-10% of metals such as iridium, palladium, ruthenium and cobalt.

The thinnest part Platinum permanently retain their shape and provide a safe environment for diamonds. This is called the tension setting diamond jewelry. This means that the diamond configuration is held in place by the tensile strength of platinum metal.
Titanium also get popular because their incredible strength and speed. Titanium is silver gray color and is 3 times stronger than steel and much stronger than gold, silver and platinum.
Titanium can be available in different colors such BlueMoon blue, purple, night sky, rainbow, black, ash and sunburst colors solar addition the natural titanium color. You get the color effect through the process of oxidation of titanium. Although titanium is very strong and scratch resistant titanium coating color can be scratched. Good news can re-oxidize the ring and the color is new.
Pure titanium is 100% hypoallergenic. Another selling point is that titanium is resistant to scratches compared with gold, platinum and money. However, a titanium ring can not be resized because it is very hard. Therefore, if you intend to get a ring The commitment of titanium make sure it fits your finger and otherwise we will have to put up with a ring you find uncomfortable.

You can find engagement rings with these metals at http://www.unique-engagement-rings.org. There is a wide range of jewelry set in these metals at http://www.alljewelry.info