Nickel is the stuff most normally associated with allergies. Contact dermatitis to nickel is not something one normally likes to have. Could gold and silver also react with sensitive skin? Why or why not? Please answer in greater than 100 words.
Gold and silver are known to be non-reactive with sensitive skin, the skin generally reacts with the metal that are used for the binding purpose of pure gold and silver, the most usually used compounds for binding purpose are Nickel (Ni) and Copper (Cu) which can react with the skin to cause dermatitis
Higher Karat golds are more tolerable than lower tolerable gold because of lesser impurity or alloy content of the other metal, that is the reason people choose to buy 18K, 20K or 22K of gold jewellery
Similar, thing holds for silver, people tend to wear Sterling Silver (92.5% pure silver) as compared to European silver (25% pure), since the chances of getting allergy with sterling silver is very less as compared to european silver
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