各位,那位外國人回答了我了。以下是他的答覆:
No they are two different things.
White Gold is a combination of two metals, Gold and nickel or palladium, the resulting alloy is called "White Gold". Sometimes when used in jewelry other metals will be added depending on what is needed, nickel makes the alloy strong and durable, palladium is malleable.
Platinum is a pure metal, silvery white in appearance, and is widely used for many things other than just jewelry. It is essential to a number of industrial processes and the fact that it is used for jewelry is a waste of this precious resource.
如果他的答覆是正確的話,那麼可能有另一種同樣叫作「白金」的物體,至於為「鉑」創造「白金」這個俗稱的人,可能不知道有另一種同樣叫作「白金」的物體,導致這個俗稱千古傳誦,膾炙人口。