Third Gold---Tungsten Carbide-1

Most people know that there are two kinds of gold used in jewelry world, that is, gold and platinum. Do you know the third type of gold? Today, I am going to introduce the third kind of gold---Tungsten carbide. Most people may know the wide application of tungsten carbide in the industries. Actually, tungsten carbide has its own place in the fashion world. 

In the fashion world, tungsten jewelry is recognized as the jewelry which is comparable to diamonds. The reason why tungsten can be comparable to diamonds is that tungsten carbide has a hard texture just like diamond. Its production process is similar to the cutting process of diamonds. Both tungsten carbide and diamond need strict technical conditions to support. In addition, tungsten carbide is not naturally formed, so there are strict formulation requirements for its production. “A piece of tungsten carbide can cut 168 facets.” is not an important fact for people who like tungsten jewelry. The most important thing is that it can shine bright like a diamond under the sunshine owing to the facets.

Moreover, although tungsten carbide jewelry is produced in China, it is not like Monkey King who is so omnipotent and can be born from the stone directly. The reason why tungsten carbide is so popular in the market, especially in overseas markets, is that the legendary Las Vegas Jewelry Annual Conference. The praise from the international jewelry giants and other jewelers make it popular around the world. Until now, it is still the darling of the fashion world.

However, there are some illegal merchants who want to take it as an opportunity and make a lot of counterfeit of tungsten carbide jewelry with different quality in order to trick the layperson. Therefore, I am going to tell you how to identify the quality of tungsten carbide jewelry and select the high-quality tungsten carbide jewelry instead of being tricked by those unscrupulous businessmen.

1. Identified by the weight

If you feel the jewelry is very light when you wear it, you can judge that this jewelry is not made of tungsten carbide. The reason is that the density of tungsten carbide is much higher than that of other jewelry materials such as titanium steel. In other words, tungsten carbide jewelry is more textured and somewhat heavy.

2. Identified by hardness

Tungsten carbide can hardly be worn. If you use the cutting tool such as a blade or a rake to scratch the surface, there will be no scratches. Because the hardness of tungsten is 8-9M and is close to the hardness of natural diamonds (10M), which is twice that of stainless steel, three times that of gold, and four times that of titanium. Some reporters have personally done experiments. They use a fruit knife to scratch a lot on the surface of tungsten carbide, and indeed there is no small scratch. Of course, if you use the specialized cutting tool which is designed to cut the tungsten carbide, it will definitely leave the scratch on tungsten carbide. In our daily, only technicians have more chances to see these specialized cutting tools.

Tips:

a) According to the Mohs hardness standard, there are ten hardness levels.

b) The diamond is the hardest natural gem on earth.

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