Ceramic Wedding Bands Are Gaining Popularity
Posted by Luis Urrego on 10 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Advice, Metals
When you think of ceramic and all it reminds you of is fragile ceramic figurines sculpted back in high school art classes then you haven’t heard about Hi-Tech Ceramic.
Hi-Tech Ceramic is made out of the combination of exotic materials such as zirconium, yittra and specialized bonding agents. Because of this combination, Hi-Tech Ceramic becomes very tough, durable, and scratch resistant. Also, Hi-Tech Ceramic is such a superior structured material that has almost unlimited potential and stays polished forever! This material has been the most sought after material by the aerospace industries as well as the medical and dental industries.
In mens rings we know that Tungsten Carbide is probably one of the toughest metals to make quality men’s rings out off. Hi-Tech Ceramic has been often compared to Tungsten Carbide because of it’s extreme hardness as well as it’s great resistance to scratching, crazing, discoloration or fading. It is also hypoallergenic and contains no cobalt. It is also very resistant to chipping and breakage. A very important part about Hi-Tech Ceramic wedding bands is that they are lighter in weight than tungsten wedding bands and compared to tungsten can also come in many high-gloss colors.
One downside of Tungsten Carbide is that it can only be produced in one color range which is steel gray although tungsten rings can come in a dark color by using a coating around the ring. The problem with this coating is that if it chips or breaks it will just reveal the gray tungsten inside. Hi-Tech Ceramic is not like this because even if it chips or breaks it will just reveal more of it’s dark color on the chips or breaks.
Best of all Ceramic wedding bands are not expensive. They go from around 50 dollars and up, but usually no more than 400 dollars. All in all Ceramic makes for a perfect wedding band for your perfect day.
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