Wedding Rings

Tungsten Carbide Wedding Rings

It was with the homework of my little girl that I have first found out that they actually make rings out of tungsten carbide material. My daughter had a chemistry assignment that included this chemical compound which I previously knew to be used in the texture of trekking poles, roller ski, due to its hard structure.

Researching for her homework I next found out that tungsten carbide is a chemical compound that contains equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms and because of its hardness can be polished and finished using only diamond wheels and compounds.

While browsing the websites in search of this theme, I have found plenty of sites to display a multitude of tungsten carbide wedding rings described with their flawless characteristics and a nature that seemed indestructible, these features making them a perfect choice for an everlasting bond between the bride and the groom.

A site even described the reasons that could determine a wedding couple to choose tungsten made wedding ring. First of all they showed the superiority of these rings to that of gold, titanium or platinum being revealed by the hardness and density of the combination of tungsten and carbide that determine the rings to be more resistant to scratches. This aspect shows the rings to be ten times harder than silver or gold, eight times harder than platinum, and four times harder than titanium.

Some sites revealed also the risk of choosing these rings, since some jewelers use cobalt as a binder and because of this element rings may loose their shine resulting also in skin rushes. This type of oxidation resembles to tarnished silver only that it can’t be removed through polishing. The nature of the binder is not specified by the jewelers, that is why the sites advise the couples to ask first before doing the purchase or order the product via internet.

Other manufacturers use nickel as a binder for forming tungsten carbide, because nickel is chemically harmless, hence not oxidizing, whereas there are jewelers that use only pure tungsten to create the wedding rings, but tungsten in its pure form lacks the hardness of the combined elements, thus becoming more easy to be scratched. Even if the tungsten rings may appear similar to the tungsten carbide wedding rings, they are very different in that they do not retain their polish.

These wedding rings display themselves not only as hard and perfectly polished rings, but there are types that use inlays with diamond insertions that look quite special and unique. Other tungsten wedding rings that use as combination gold, silver or platinum confer the design a dignity that only precious metal can add to a jewel.

Eternal tungsten wedding rings are types of rings that are 100% cobalt free guaranteed and present a polish close to the mirror effect being at the same time extremely resistant and scratches proof. Plenty of creative collections displayed on the website ensure the potential buyers of the sense of commitment and integrity that these tungsten carbide rings offer, hence the good choice as wedding rings.