At present, the price of gold is almost one day, and it has risen to more than 380 yuan per gram. However, many individuals or manufacturers are still selling low-priced gold foil. The so-called low-priced gold foil is really hard to believe. Even at such a low price, you can buy gold. No, let alone gold foil processed through more than a dozen special processes. At the current gold price and labor cost, it is impossible to produce gold foil of about 5 yuan. Now the gold foil market is chaotic. Consumers are also asked to carefully distinguish between pure gold foil and imitation gold foil. Gold leaf to prevent being deceived and incurring losses:

1. The simplest method is that real gold is not afraid of fire, and it can be distinguished from the true and false under fire. The main raw material of imitation gold foil is copper. Copper will generate copper oxide and become black by burning, but real gold will not. Generally, we can observe with the naked eye that real gold foil will appear green to the light, and imitation gold foil will not appear green to the light.

2. The real gold leaf is soft, and it can be wavy by blowing lightly with the mouth. The real gold leaf will break when touched by the hand, while the nature of the imitation gold leaf alloy, it will not be deformed when the mouth is lightly blown, and it will not break when touched.

3. It can be distinguished by human eyes. There are 9 reds, 8 yellows and 7 greens. That is, those with a gold content of more than 90 are reddish, those with a content of 80 are yellow, and those with a content of 70 are blue.

If you want to measure the pure gold content of gold foil, you have to go to the Jewelry Gold Inspection Center to pass a special instrument inspection.

When buying gold foil, you should choose an old gold foil manufacturer. Don't be too superstitious to pursue low prices, so as not to be used by criminals. It is not worth being deceived!