What is K Gold? What is 18K gold? What is white gold and Rose Gold?
"AU" is a symbol used internationally to indicate the purity of gold. K gold is an alloy of gold and other metals. K gold custom pet necklace is characterized by low gold content, low cost, and can be made into various colors, and is not easily deformed and worn. K gold is divided into 24K gold, 22K gold, 18K gold, 9K gold, etc. according to the amount of gold. The most common "18K gold" in China's market, its gold content is 18 × 4.1666 = 75%, and the mark on the jewelry should be "18K" or "750".
One of the characteristics of gold is its softness, so it is difficult to inlay a variety of exquisite styles, especially when it is inlaid with pearls, precious stones and jadeites. Therefore, people add a small amount of silver, copper, zinc and other metals to the gold to increase the strength and toughness of gold. The gold ornaments made in this way are also called K gold.
K gold can be made into various colors according to needs. There are various colors of K gold jewelry popular in the world, yellow and white are common. When gold is mixed with 25% palladium or nickel, it will become white, and the main component that makes up it is gold. This is called white K gold.
What does 18k gold mean?
18K" (or G750) jewellery refers to a jewellery consisting of 18 parts of pure gold, which is 75% gold plus 25% of other metal alloys. 18K gold ornaments not only have precious value of gold, Moreover, because of its perfect composition ratio, it has the advantages of strong ductility, high hardness and variable color. It can be used in jewelry design to make full use of complex and beautiful creative performance.
What does 18k white gold mean?
White K gold is impure gold. It is a white alloy made of gold and palladium or nickel, silver, copper, zinc and other metals. Its main component is still gold. Because white gold is white, it is the white metal that is most easily confused with platinum, but it is a completely different metal than platinum. The price of white gold is lower than that of platinum and gold, and it has been widely used in photo necklace making. The materials are all pure 18K gold.
Only platinum can be called platinum. So 18K white K gold is a wrong concept. Strictly speaking, it should be called 18K white K gold. 18K white gold is a blend of 75% gold and 25% other metals.
What does 18k rose gold mean?
The composition of rose gold is: pure gold + copper + silver / zinc. Because of its moderate synthetic ratio, it has the characteristics of strong ductility, high hardness, and variable color. At the same time, it blends 25% of other metals. It has high hardness and is not easy to be deformed or scratched. It can be used in delicate gold decoration design where show beautiful design ideas.