its white gold and it has three diamonds. I want to know if and what kinds of chemicals and things are damaging to my ring.
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Most people are under the mistaken impression that they should clean their jewelry with toothpaste. Do not use toothpaste! Use a toothbrush and warm (don't boil your jewelry!) water with ammonia to clean the diamonds.
Nothing you're likely to come in contact with will harm your white gold. Most white gold in the USA is alloyed with nickel and many people are allergic to nickel, but most white gold (in the states) is rhodium plated.
Rhodium is the most valuable and rare metal on earth. It is a platinum group metal and is very, very white. Since gold is a yellow metal, adding nickel makes it look whiter, but without rhodium plating it'll always look yellowish. (10k is whiter than 14k which is whiter than 18k…10k is 47% gold, 14K is 58% gold and 18k is 75% gold)
If your ring isn't rhodium plated, iodine can change its surface color. I've never been successful with liver of sulfur darkening any color gold.