07-07-2019, 05:18 PM
(07-07-2019, 05:18 PM)chimpledfoothill Wrote: Like usual they aren't telling you everything and actually lies about some of the facts. Tungsten Carbide is a ceramic and not a metal. Very similar to glass or pottery. It is a very brittle material although very hard. It can not be deformed but will shatter when subjected to high stresses. To be used as a material for jewelry it must be ground to a fine powder and combined with a softer metal as a composite. Although they refer to cobalt as being bad, they still have to use another metal most likely nickel. All binder material have much poorer anti-corrosion properties than either gold, silver or titanium. And frankly for jewelery corrosion properties is probably the most important.
Sure, I just used the site for "some" of the information. I have read a fair amount about the myths surrounding tungsten carbide rings but either way I definitely need something nice and durable.Not so sure about the "tungsten carbide is not a metal" part though.