Palladium is an exciting metal to use in jewelry making. It is a soft silver-white metal which is actually whiter than platinum. Gold and palladium are totally soluble in one another. When it is mixed or alloyed with yellow gold it turns the gold into what we know as white gold.

We used to use nickel to alloy with yellow gold to make white gold but nickel is highly toxic. Palladium is more expensive than gold and it costs more to alloy it with gold than nickel but it turns gold into a harder and stronger metal as well as being white. That’s why white gold costs more than yellow gold jewelry.

Advantages of White Gold: First of all it is lighter. 44% lighter than platinum and 38% lighter than gold. That’s important because it allows you to make a larger, bulkier piece of jewelry and it is still not too heavy to wear. But on the positive side it is not as light as titanium or aluminum so you still have the comfort and feel that you are wearing your jewelry.

Secondly, being harder and tougher than gold it doesn’t need as much polishing and maintenance.

Thirdly, it is cheaper than the other two metals so the manufacturer can make more jewelry for less cost and you benefit there as well as the customer.
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