We often see silver ornaments in our life, such as silver bracelets, silver necklaces and silver rings. They are made of silver materials and are very popular with women. It's just that some unscrupulous merchants always confuse the real with the fake and sell the non fake silver as the real silver. As a result, when consumers buy silver jewelry, they always worry about buying fake. So, how to identify the true and false silver ring? What are the ways to distinguish the authenticity of silver rings?
1. Look at the color
The color of real silver jewelry will not change after being burned. If it is fake or poor quality silver, the color of jewelry will turn black after fire.
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2. Hand weight
The density of silver is slightly larger than that of common metals, aluminum is light, silver is heavy, copper is not light and not heavy, so weighing the weight can make a preliminary judgment whether it is silver. If the size of the jewelry is large and the weight is 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 higher than that of lead and tin. The pin can be used to mark the inconspicuous part of the jewelry for testing. If the pin slips and it is difficult to leave traces on the surface, it can be judged as copper jewelry; if it is made of lead and tin, the traces are obvious and prominent; if the object has traces but not obvious, it can be preliminarily judged as silver jewelry.
4. Listen to the sound
The lower the fineness is, the lower the sound is, and the sharper the sound is, and the higher the sound is with rhyme; if it is made of copper, the higher the sound is, and the sharper the rhyme is, and the shorter the rhyme is; if it is made of lead or tin, the sound is dull, short and inelastic.
5. The bending method is adopted
When silver jewelry is bent by hand, the soft and glutinous ones that are easy to bend and not easy to break are of high quality; the ones that are stiff or barely broken, and some of them can't even be broken by fingers are of low quality; the ones that will crack after bending or knocking with a hammer are wrapped silver jewelry; the ones that can't withstand bending and are easy to break are fakes.
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Silver is good for human body
1. Modern medicine believes that silver can kill bacteria and inflammation, detoxify and keep in good health, prolong life, long-term use, can play a role in accelerating the new generation and enhancing resistance. It can be seen that often wearing silver jewelry is good for health without any harm.
2. Silver ions emitted from silver ornaments also have the function of sterilization. Many herdsmen in Inner Mongolia like to use silver to hold milk because a small amount of silver ions can kill bacteria in milk and prevent deterioration.
3. Silver can accelerate wound healing, prevent infection, purify water quality and keep fresh. Using silver to store food can prevent the growth of bacteria and prolong the storage period of food.
In ancient times, Li Shizhen recorded in compendium of materia medica: wearing silver on one's body, health and wealth will be accompanied, five zang organs will be tranquilized, mind will be calmed, palpitation will be stopped and evil will be eliminated. In medicine, it is much more effective than other precious metals on human health. So wearing silver jewelry is good for human health.
4. Silver ions in silver have great antibacterial properties. Silver is added to gel and bandage. Before the invention of antibiotics, silver related compounds were used in the first World War to prevent infection. The most important compound of silver is silver nitrate, which is often used as eye drops. So silver has great use and benefits in medical treatment.