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How to distinguish true silver from false silver? Where can I buy real silver?

Many people like to buy real silver products. Real silver is not expensive and beautiful. It can be said that it is best to make jewelry. However, there are always some unscrupulous businessmen who choose to cheat the broad masses of consumers for greater interests. Next, I'll tell you how to identify the true and false of real silver and where to buy real silver.

Silver jewelry has the following steel seals 1: pure silver: there is a sign of 'S925' or 'ag925' (the former is a little more), indicating that the silver content of this metal is 92.5%. This is the most common sign. It is the most common silver jewelry on the market. It is also a common sign used by general silver sellers. 2: Full silver: there is a sign of 'S990' or 'au990' (the latter is a little more), indicating that the silver content of this metal is 99% (quite pure!). This sign is mostly used for silver ingots, silver ingots, silver decorations and other large silver ornaments. 3: Silver coated and silver plated: the steel seal of 'SL' or 'FS' shows that this kind of jewelry is silver plated, and its value doesn't need me to say! 4: Without steel seal: it is most likely ordinary metal.

Identification method of real silver:

1. Look at the color: the higher the purity, the whiter the silver. The surface of jewelry looks even, shiny and polished. If it contains lead, the jewelry will appear cyan gray; If it contains copper, the surface of jewelry will appear rough and the color will not be moist.

2. Weight: the density of silver is slightly higher than that of common metals. Generally speaking, 'aluminum is light, silver is heavy, and copper is neither light nor heavy.' Therefore, weighing the weight can make a preliminary judgment on whether it is silver. If the jewelry is large and light, it can be preliminarily judged that the jewelry belongs to other metals.

3. Check the hardness: the hardness of silver is lower than that of copper, but larger than that of lead and tin. You can use a pin to scratch the unimportant place of jewelry for testing. If the needle slips and it is difficult to leave traces on the surface, it can be judged as copper jewelry; If it is lead or tin, the trace is obvious and prominent; If there is a trace in the real object but it is not obvious, it can be preliminarily determined as silver jewelry.

4. Listen to the rhyme: sterling silver jewelry is loud without elasticity, and the sound is' porphyrin, porphyrin, porphyrin '. The lower the color, the lower the sound, and the sharper the sound, the higher the rhyme; If it is made of copper, its sound is higher and sharp, and the rhyme sound is fast and short; If it is made of lead and tin, the sound of throwing is dull, short and inelastic.