How to check gold at home
How to check gold at home
Make sure your home is authenticproducts made of gold are quite possible, but the reliability of the result is only 80-90 percent. Simple checks, which are given below, can greatly protect you from the fact that you will be wearing a trinket.
Perhaps, everyone knows that the preciousmetals are not magnetized at all, so if your product does not react at all to the magnet, then it is more likely that it is gold. However, in this case it is worth remembering that aluminum, copper ornaments covered with gold do not react to the magnet. Here it is necessary first of all to pay attention to the fact that such products are much lighter than gold, because gold is very dense and rather heavy material.
Absolutely any metal, if they are carried throughunbaked ceramic tile, leaves traces, gold is no exception. To check the authenticity of the gold jewelry, you need to bring them over the surface of the tiles, then look at the trail. If the product is gold, then the line will be golden, if not - black, gray or brown.
Another option to check gold for authenticity- use silver nitrate. You can buy it in any pharmacy, in medicine it is used to cauterize wounds and is called a lapis pencil. So, you need to moisten the metal slightly with water, then make a dash on the product. If the features are not visible, then the product is gold.
Gold is a noble metal thatresistant to chemical attack. This feature of this precious metal allows you to check it for authenticity by applying to it the usual iodine or vinegar. On gold, these substances do not leave traces, for that on other metals there are spots of different shades (this depends on the specific metal).
