What is gold foil?

Gold foil is a thin sheet hammered with gold.

Gold has good ductility and plasticity, and pure gold foil is a thin sheet made of pure gold. Traditional gold foil is made of gold bars with a gold content of 99.99%. After more than ten special processes such as chemical cleaning, hammering and foil cutting, it is golden in color, bright and soft, as light as a feather and as thin as a cicada's wing, and its thickness is less than 0. 12 micron.

Standard specification and use of gold foil;

The standard specification of gold foil is 9.33*9.33cm Other commonly used specifications are 8*8cm, 10.9* 10.9cm, 4.5* 1.5cm and 2.75*2.75cm It was first discovered that gold foil was made in the Nile Valley of ancient Egypt. In China, gold foil is a traditional handicraft of the Chinese nation. It originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, matured in the Southern Dynasties and was popular in Song, Qi, Liang and Chen Dynasties. Nanjing is the birthplace of gold foil in China. Gold foil can be used to decorate objects with gold, such as statues, photo frames and jewels. Gold foil is also often used to decorate food.