Silver ware has drawn special attention to itself at all times. It was prestigious to have such service houses. However not always people, buying set of silver ware, are sure that they take the real metal. But all doubts can be disseminated easily, having carried out small inspection on authenticity.
Instruction
1. For a start check availability on silver of the corresponding tests and brands. If you cannot find them, then it is necessary to determine silver subject before you or not by indirect signs. It is possible to verify authenticity of metal by means of magnet. You remember: silver not to be magnetized. If suddenly your metal has stretched to magnetization source, so it is fake.
2. One more way of check - by means of heat conductivity. Silver is metal which sufficient well and quickly reacts to heat. Means if in your hand thing silver, so it has to become instantly the same temperature, as your hand. It is also possible to lower subject and in hot water.
3. Except physical check methods it is possible to use as well the sense of smell. Silver has the certain smell. However, experts are skeptical about such method enough now. All because there were many aromatic additives with smell ""under silver"".
4. It is possible to smear product with normal sulfuric ointment which is on sale in pharmacy and to leave for some time. Then accurately wipe subject napkin and estimate result. If on that site where there was ointment, metal has darkened, so this real silver. In the same way it is possible to rub product chalk. If blackening was formed - it is the real precious metal.
5. There is also one more way. Drip on product iodine drop. The real silver will surely turn black. And the more concentration of silver, the quicker is also more black the test spot will turn out. However the complexity of this method is that after iodine to wash silver subject very much and very difficult.
6. Experts as option, suggest to buy already ready mix for determination of authenticity of material. It is normal reactant which is off-the-shelf and and is called - ""the silver test"".
7. It is also possible to choose the line of least resistance and to verify authenticity of silver at the expert, for example, in pawnshop. There you will be at once told with the original you deal or with fake.