About Gold Plating 18k and Gold Plating 14k
About Gold Plating 18k and Gold Plating 14k
18K gold has 3/4 gold and 1/4 other material whereas 14k is just a little more than half gold. This means that 18K gold is more valuable. It’s also less likely to cause a reaction in people who are allergic to metals alloyed with gold, and it usually has a depper yellow color than 14K gold.
There are many other jewelers who believe that 14K gold is, infact more durable than 18K gold. The best way of resolving the question is to compare the hardness and tensile strength of some 14 and 18K gold alloys.
Yellow 14K gold is harder and stronger thant yellow 18K gold.
Nickel white gold is harder that palladium white gold.
Most important, it’s not the clor or gold content of an alloy which determines its hardness and strength. The metals alloyed with the gold and their proportions are what mainly control gld durability.
Whether a piece of jewelry is 14K or 18K is usually not an important issue. What matter most is whether you can find a jewelry piece you like in your price range. But when we mentioned 14K or 18K in gold plating jewelry, it usually means different color. 18K gold plated jewelry is usually a little golden than what in 14K gold plated.

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