The 6mm tungsten wedding band: a cool unisex width for today’s wedding rings
Posted October 25th, 2010 by adminTungsten, the main material in 6mm wedding tungsten carbide jewelry is forged with carbon (carbide) at extremely high temperatures way past 2000 degrees. Hard tool steel could barely scratch a tungsten ring and even if you hit the ring to a mallet, it would cause a little or no damage at all.
In case you are wondering how hard tungsten is, let’s use other metals as a comparison.
Tungsten metal is 10 times harder than 18k gold and 4 times harder than titanium. These rings will continue to look the same as the day they were purchased no matter how much abuse they take.
You need to first realize that the width of women wedding ring is usually in the range of 4mm-6mm while a men’s wedding ring is typically 6mm-8mm. 6mm is a width both genders can wear well. A Tungsten ring price can range between double & triple digits.
The range is huge because there are some lower qualities rings that are mixed with cobalt, which is a metal that can cause negative reaction when in contact with skin. This will help to ensure a better fit.
The only problem with these rings is resizing, as it is very difficult to resize a tungsten ring. They can usually only be resized for a high cost which can range anywhere from $50 to $100.