Filmed during a jewelry editors industry conference in NYC, October 29, 2009.
Scott Kay expresses his deep frustrations with the bridal industry and what he believes are misleading claims behind the strength and durability of Tungsten Carbide rings.
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Hi
We’re looking for wedding rings, I was in a jewellers today and the assistant told me Titanium & Tungsten rings are harder wearing for people who do ‘hands on work’ my partner is a gardener so operates machinery and is lifting stuff about. I wanted to ask if anyone has any knowledge of these kinds of wedding rings and if the assistant is right?
Gold requires more maintenance. Titanium is a harder metal than gold. Tungsten never scratches and Titanium is a very hard metal. Both of these are excellent choices and good for people who work with their hands. Here is an article that goes more into detail about the metals and their pro’s and con’s: http://www.whiteflash.com/diamonds_info/t/articles.aspx?articleid=809&zoneid=16
Good Luck!
According to wikipedia, Thorium’s melting point is 1842 degrees celcius
Tungsten’s melting point is 3422 degrees Celcius.
With this said, how does something with a LOWER melting point than the thing it’s being added to RAISE the other’s melting point???
it is like the combination of lead and tin to make the wide range of melting points for solder
I once wore a thick platinum ring and the metal felt VERY heavy. I want to buy a thick ring made of tungsten carbide and I want to know: does tungsten carbide jewelry feel lighter? Heavier? About the same?
Tungsten Carbide is heavier than platinum, it’s extremely scratch resistant and it is a much darker color too.
10 Ton Hydraulic press from http://www.abs-products.com for use in engine rebuilding and engine building. Press in Tungsten Heavy Metal in to crankshafts, remove harmonic dampeners wrist pins, and all standard uses for a hydraulic press.
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I am currently in the Marines as an electrician working on F-18 jets. are tungsten carbide rings conductive? Could it be dangerous working around wires? I don’t want to take my wedding ring off, but I also want to be safe.
According to the site in the sources bar it is very conductive. Whoever your Higher-up is will probably be able to give you a definitive answer though.
I want to make convincing gold nuggets (and/or bars), without using chemicals, tungsten, fire, or spending a fortune. I do not plan to do anything like selling it, but I just want to make it, for fun. And, it would be helpful if it was close to the weight of an actual nugget or bar. Thank you for your help.
If it just needs to look like gold, mold modeling clay into a block, stamp it with the letters "24K" and spray paint it gold. It won’t be nearly heavy enough, and won’t fool anyone who picks it up, but it will look good.
Lead bricks painted gold are closer, and may fool some people, but anybody with a scale and a tape measure can calculate the density, and gold is much denser than lead, 19.3g/cm^3, vs 11.34g/cm^3.
The density test is why you read about tungsten, which has a density similar to gold, 19.25g/cm^3.
A gold plated tungsten bar would pass the heft test, but that’s about all. Gold melts at 1,947°F, and Tungsten melts at 6,192°F. Any assayer would carefully drill a hole in the bar and test the shavings.
Interesting article:
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-03/how-make-convincing-fake-gold-bars
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