Gold foil

gold racquet in Mandalay (Myanmar)

gold foil is used since the antique one. Made of highly goldhaltigen alloys, it is rolled and struck more thinly than the wavelength of the visible light. It can up to approx. 100-1000 atomic situations to be manufactured thinly. A gram of gold results ina thickness of usually 100 Nm a surface of approx. 0.5 m ². In the top illumination it shines gold-yellow, in the back light seems a source of light accordingly greenish-blue through. It is used, in order to give to non-metallic articles the appearance from genuine gold to.

Gold foil of the so-called gold racquet is manufactured;German center of the handicraft is Schwabach.

Gold foil becomes mainly the gold plating of Bilderrahmen, books (gold cut), furniture, figures, architectural elements, stucco, icons etc. used. Gold foil is applied for it - depending upon purpose and desired effect - with special adhesives and polished often afterwards.

Onedifferentiates between the weatherproof oil gold plating (adhesive is consisting the Mixtion in such a way specified, a dry oil of linseed oil, litharge and turpentine oil), the Leimvergoldung (adhesive: organic glue on chalk reason) or the gilding with armenian bole (chalk reason as well as with organic glue transferred fine Bolus, itself outstanding alsoTo polish leaves to Poliersteinen on high polish).

In the Buddhismus gold foil for ritual victim actions is used. The consumption of gold foil is harmless and in the Danziger gold water or Schwabacher gold water drinkable. 22 karätiges gold foil is used as food coloring material gold E 175 also for gilding meals and beverages andfor example Körperbemalern serves when making up and in the Kosmetik generally for special effects.

storm gold

under storm gold one understands applied gold foil on tissue paper for gilding in the free one. Alternative terms for it are: Taking off gold, transfer gold and/or. Tower gold.

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calls composition gold gold foil imitation from brass composition gold, impact metal or intoxication gold

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