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any opinions? Pros and cons?
14K WG is $2520 and in Palladium 500 is $1750.
Thanks
14K WG is $2520 and in Palladium 500 is $1750.
Thanks
Dancing Fire|1413485898|3768072 said:any opinions? Pros and cons?
14K WG is $2520 and in Palladium 500 is $1750.
Thanks
TL...AFAIK it is 50% palladium + 25% silver + 25% copper.Texas Leaguer|1413488412|3768105 said:I like Kenny's advice about going to the top. The people who are actually working with the metals and making the decisions about which alloys to use in their work are the ones with the in-depth knowledge. Someone lower down may have only a rudimentary knowledge. Metals and alloys and their various properties and applications is not what you would call "common knowledge" even among people that have been in the jewelry business for a long time.
Case in point - what exactly is palladium 500? I assume that means 50% palladium. What are the other metals in the mixture?
Interesting. Does the copper affect the color? In gold alloys it creates the rose color.Dancing Fire|1413498534|3768202 said:TL...AFAIK it is 50% palladium + 25% silver + 25% copper.Texas Leaguer|1413488412|3768105 said:I like Kenny's advice about going to the top. The people who are actually working with the metals and making the decisions about which alloys to use in their work are the ones with the in-depth knowledge. Someone lower down may have only a rudimentary knowledge. Metals and alloys and their various properties and applications is not what you would call "common knowledge" even among people that have been in the jewelry business for a long time.
Case in point - what exactly is palladium 500? I assume that means 50% palladium. What are the other metals in the mixture?
This is the reply I received from GA about their Palladium 500 setting...kenny|1413486305|3768080 said:Dancing Fire|1413485898|3768072 said:any opinions? Pros and cons?
14K WG is $2520 and in Palladium 500 is $1750.
Thanks
I'd call GA directly and ask them which alloy is stronger, and has the best properties for a tension setting.
I'm sure every alloy meets their specs and is "fine", but the engineer in me knows that different alloys will have different metallurgical properties.
Some will be 'more fine' than others.
A dealer is not likely to know as much technical stuff as GA itself.
I did speak directly with them once and IIRC they said 14K gold is stronger than 18K because it is the other metals that give the alloy the properties that make it good for tension settings, not the gold ... but I didn't ask about palladium.