You guys did a fantastic job in answering my last question, so I did't hesitate to ask another one here.

 

Which metal is harder? Platinum or White Gold

 

I know that white gold is coated with Rhodium once a year, is Rhodium stronger than Platinum?

 

Thanks in advance!

Where's that one table of elements thingy when you need it?

OH OH!

 

 

Name: Rhodium

Symbol: Rh

Atomic Number: 45

Atomic Mass: 102.9055 amu

Melting Point: 1966.0 °C (2239.15 °K, 3570.8 °F)

Boiling Point: 3727.0 °C (4000.15 °K, 6740.6 °F)

Number of Protons/Electrons: 45

Number of Neutrons: 58

Classification: Transition Metal

Crystal Structure: Cubic

Density @ 293 K: 12.41 g/cm3

Color: silverish

 

 

and

 

 

Name: Platinum

Symbol: Pt

Atomic Number: 78

Atomic Mass: 195.078 amu

Melting Point: 1772.0 °C (2045.15 °K, 3221.6 °F)

Boiling Point: 3827.0 °C (4100.15 °K, 6920.6 °F)

Number of Protons/Electrons: 78

Number of Neutrons: 117

Classification: Transition Metal

Crystal Structure: Cubic

Density @ 293 K: 21.45 g/cm3

Color: silverish

If I recall correctly platinum is harder than white gold. White gold is actually regular gold mixed with some white metals. Thats why white gold needs to be coated anually, and platinum doesn't need to be.

Acutally, now that I'm checking up on it I see that white gold is considered harder because of the nickel alloy in it.

yup

 

white gold is indeed harder than platinum

harder, more brittle, less ductile, White Gold (a false term) wins the day

Why is it a false term? It's gold, it's white, it's what people call it.

 

The only natural occuring white gold is called welsh gold. Because it's made of leeks, apparently.

false because it`s NOT actualy gold

It is actually gold, just an alloy. If we bring Socrates argument in here, at what point does it stop being gold? 1% impurity? 2%, 3%? Which carrat of gold is actually gold, and what is the rest classifed as?

 

To put it another way :- Your not actually YT2095. I'm not really a very, very small monkey. We are just adopting those names. White Gold is called White Gold because it is, not because of what it is.

at which point I`ll step out of this arg, as I flatly refuse to debate semantics!

 

no offence

I donno, you always looked like a tiny monkey to me...

Yes, but I look a lot bigger if you put me next to baby monkeys.