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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: White gold
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.103337.15347@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <Bz9MHD.9Kx@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 10:33:37 GMT
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- dl10696@ehsn4.cen.uiuc.edu (Dat Trieu Le) writes:
- :
- : >White gold usually contains either 25% platinum or 12% palladium.
- :
- : >Bill
- :
- : I was under the impression that the gold jewelers sell are alloys.
- : Pure gold is too soft and brittle to be used as jewelry. I guess
- : that's why American jewelers don't sell any purer than 18 karot gold.
- : But I was unaware of the alloys they actually use.
-
- Exactly. It is the platinum or palladium that makes the gold "white"
- in color. There are many alloys used.
-
- Bill
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