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Palladium Wedding Bands
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Engagement Rings
Palladium wedding bands are known for their superior quality, affordability, and strength. Used in jewelry since 1939 as an alternative to platinum and white gold, palladium rings have only recently experienced a resurgence in popularity. What is Palladium? - Palladium is a chemical element, classified as a transitional metal on the periodic table. Along with platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, and osmium, it is one of the six members of the platinum group metals.
- Palladium is a precious metal, and it is rare.
- Palladium has a bright silver-white surface that can be polished to a high mirror shine.
Pros of Palladium Wedding Rings:- Palladium wedding rings are extremely durable and resistant to tarnishing, extreme heat, and most chemicals. The strength of palladium makes it a preferred metal, along with platinum, for use in ring settings
- Palladium is one of the lighter metals used to make wedding rings, and it is almost half the weight of platinum
- Because palladium is so light, palladium wedding rings are extremely affordable.
- Palladium wedding rings are hypoallergenic.
Cons of Palladium Wedding Rings: - It can cost a lot to repair or resize palladium wedding rings.
- While palladium is a durable metal, it can become dull with time and will eventually need a professional polish to restore its original gleam.
- There is a huge environmental cost to palladium mining and processing. Click here if you are interested in eco-friendly palladium rings.
Palladium Grades Used to Make Wedding Bands: - Palladium must be alloyed (mixed) with another metal to increase it's hardness in order to be strong enough to work with. The two most common metals that are alloyed with palladium are ruthenium and copper.
- Palladium wedding bands are sold as PD950 grade. This means that the ring is 95% palladium by weight.
- In the United States, palladium wedding bands are usually alloyed with ruthenium. These rings may be named 100% precious because both of the metals are from the platinum group.
- Palladium wedding rings created outside of the United States are often alloyed with copper. These rings cannot be named 100% precious.
Shopping Tips for Palladium Wedding Bands: - The seller should be up front with you about the grade of the wedding band, and what type of alloy metal was used in their palladium.
- Some people prefer ruthenium alloyed palladium because it is 100% precious, but copper alloyed palladium is just as strong and durable.
- Palladium does not need any type of rhodium plating, so beware buyers trying to sell you rhodium plated palladium rings; chances are these rings are not palladium at all but white gold which does require rhodium plating.
- Make sure you will receive a certificate stating the grade and alloy of palladium that was used in the rings.
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