What does 18k mean?

What does 18k mean? Many people don't know much about this issue. Today, Xiaobian will come to answer this question for everyone. First of all, we have to know what is 18K (18K refers to the purity of gold in jewelry is 18k. 18K is not weight, but the ratio.), let's take a look at the details below!

What does 18k mean?

The opening of gold (K) is the unit of gold content. The most common K gold is 24K, 18K, 14K, 8K, etc. In theory, 100% of the gold can be called 24K gold, but in reality it is impossible to have 100% gold, so China stipulates that the content reaches 99.6% or more. Gold (including 99.6%) can be called 24K gold. 18K gold jewelry not only has the precious value of gold, but also has the advantages of strong ductility, high hardness and variable color. It can be used in jewelry design to enjoy complex and beautiful creative performance.

Because it contains 25% of other metals, 18K gold can also be made into different colors, such as white, yellow, and rose red, respectively: white 18K gold, 18K gold, 18K rose gold. In the world of jewelry trends, K gold is the mainstream, Western fashion people are wearing a unique style and unique K gold jewelry to highlight their personal style; because K gold fashion has always been in line with the needs of contemporary young people, so in fashion The status of the world has lasted for a long time, forming a popular style of wearing K gold jewelry.

The "18K" white gold necklaces, rings, pendants, etc. currently on the market are mostly referred to as 18K gold, and some products contain less than 18K gold. The so-called white K gold is actually a white mixed metal of titanium, silver, nickel, bismuth, copper and other metals, not (platinum) platinum. Some merchants sell this product in "18K Platinum", which is a behavior that misleads consumers and deceives consumers. According to the national standard, the purity of gold is represented by “K”. For example, 18K gold generally refers to gold jewelry with a gold content of 75%.

What does 18k gold mean? The factory will combine 25% precious metal according to the needs of the product, and determine the color of 18k gold according to the difference of precious metal content in 25%.

Domestic mainstream 18K gold

1 white 18K gold

2 red 18K gold

3 rose gold

4 color 18K gold

Regarding the introduction of 18K, what other places do you not understand? In the introduction of the above series, have you learned a lot of knowledge? I hope this information can help you.

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