[Jewelry making - Article 00163] - [Orchid] Testing 950 Palladium and Platinum

[Mark Parkinson]

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    We are working with quite a bit more 950 palladium these days. We
    now stock 950 palladium heads along with platinum and white gold
    heads. 

    A problem is that we don't know of a good test to tell the 950
    palladium from the platinum, other than the weight of the pd is much
    less. But that doesn't help us when is a component of a ring for
    instance. It's becoming sort of a pain as we go to scrap and try to
    separate the pd from the pt. 

    Anyway, anybody know of a good test to tell them apart? 

Thanks,
Mark
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