Calendered copper foil
Calendered copper foil is a product made by repeatedly rolling and annealing high-precision copper strip (usually less than 150 microns in thickness) based on the principle of plastic processing (usually between 4-100 microns in thickness and less than 800 mm in width). Its ductility, bending resistance and conductivity are better than electrolytic copper foil, and the copper purity is also higher than electrolytic copper foil[ 1] [1]
Copper foil is an indispensable raw material for printed circuit board (PCB), copper clad laminate (CCL) and lithium ion battery. According to its manufacturing process, industrial copper foil can be divided into calendered copper foil and electrolytic copper foil. Electrolytic copper foil is made by electrolysis of copper based on the principle of electrochemistry. The internal structure of raw copper foil is vertical needle crystal structure, and its production cost is relatively low. Calendered copper foil is produced by repeated rolling and annealing of copper ingot based on the principle of plastic processing. Its internal structure is flake crystal structure, and the ductility of calendered copper foil is better. At present, electrolytic copper foil is mainly used in the production of rigid circuit boards, while calendered copper foil is mainly used in flexible and high frequency circuit boards[ 5]
Rolled copper foil is widely used in flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL), flexible circuit board (FPC), 5g communication, 6G communication, electromagnetic shielding, heat dissipation substrate, graphene film preparation, aerospace, lithium battery, led, intelligent automobile, UAV, wearable electronic products and other industries[ 2]
Definition of rolled copper foil:
Calendered copper foil is a product made by repeatedly rolling and annealing high-precision copper strip (usually less than 150 microns in thickness) based on the principle of plastic processing (usually between 4-100 microns in thickness and less than 800 mm in width). Its ductility, bending resistance and conductivity are better than electrolytic copper foil, and the copper purity is also higher than electrolytic copper foil[ 1]
Copper foil is an indispensable raw material for printed circuit board (PCB), copper clad laminate (CCL) and lithium ion battery. According to its manufacturing process, industrial copper foil can be divided into calendered copper foil and electrolytic copper foil. Electrolytic copper foil is made by electrolysis of copper based on the principle of electrochemistry. The internal structure of raw copper foil is vertical needle crystal structure, and its production cost is relatively low. Calendered copper foil is produced by repeated rolling and annealing of copper ingot based on the principle of plastic processing. Its internal structure is flake crystal structure, and the ductility of calendered copper foil is better. At present, electrolytic copper foil is mainly used in the production of rigid circuit boards, while calendered copper foil is mainly used in flexible and high frequency circuit boards[ 5] [2]
Rolled copper foil is widely used in flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL), flexible circuit board (FPC), 5g communication, 6G communication, electromagnetic shielding, heat dissipation substrate, graphene film preparation, aerospace, lithium battery, led, intelligent automobile, UAV, wearable electronic products and other industries[ 2]
Function of calendered copper foil:
Flexible circuit board is flexible, which can get rid of the limitations of conventional circuit plane design. It can lay the circuit in three-dimensional space. Its circuit is more flexible and has higher technical content. Because of its flexibility and bending resistance, calendered copper foil has become the best choice for manufacturing flexible printed circuit board[ 3] [3]
It is widely used in flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL), flexible circuit board (FPC), 5g communication FPC, 6G communication FPC, electromagnetic shielding cover, heat dissipation substrate, graphene film preparation substrate material, aerospace FPC / electromagnetic shielding cover / heat dissipation substrate, lithium battery (charged with rolled copper foil as negative material), LED (made of rolled copper foil FPC), intelligent car FPC, UAV FPC FPC for wearable electronic products[ 2]
History of rolled copper foil: [1]
In the eighties and nineties of the 20th century, there were already rolling copper foil manufacturers for FPC in the Yangtze River Delta region of China, but the scale is very small. With the growth of domestic rolling copper foil market demand, by 2020, there are more than ten rolling copper foil manufacturers in the world, mainly in Japan and the United States. In China, five rolling copper foil enterprises have been put into operation and one is under construction.
Most of the production equipment is based on the introduction, so it is difficult to master the calendered copper foil production process, and the level of production equipment is very high, especially the core technology of ultra-thin copper foil is basically in the hands of a few foreign enterprises. However, due to the high added value of calendered copper foil products and considerable profits, it has become a hot investment product in the domestic copper industry in recent years. According to the statistics of China Electronic Materials Industry Association, in 2016, the production capacity of national rolled copper foil production enterprises reached 13120t, with an output of 3579t, breaking through the market scale of thousands of tons for the first time. Bare foil and surface treated foil each accounted for 50%, and the output increased nearly 12 times compared with 2015.
Due to the large scale of investment in rolled copper foil projects, domestic enterprises can not fully grasp the core technology patents and key technologies, product R & D and market development are still in the exploratory stage, and few enterprises actually invest in the production of rolled copper foil. Considering that some projects are constructed by stages, and some projects may not be implemented, If 50% of the production capacity listed in the table can be completed and put into operation in 2020, the domestic rolled copper foil production capacity will be close to 23120t.
Classification of rolled copper foil:
1) According to the processing methods, it can be divided into light foil and treated foil.
Smooth foil is the product that is cold rolled / annealed, degreased, anti-oxidation treated, cut and packed in the production process, without surface plating.
The treated foils are electroplated on the basis of the polished foils, including reddening (red treatment, usually coarsening treatment of copper plating), blackening (black treatment, usually coarsening treatment of copper nickel alloy), ashing (usually electroplating nickel alloy, zinc, chromate passivation treatment, silane treatment, etc.) and anti-oxidation treatment (usually electroplating with ZnNi and NiCr alloy layers), Then soak and cover a layer of organic silane), cut and package the product.
2) According to the material is divided into: high flexibility calendered copper foil, high strength calendered copper alloy foil.
High flexibility calendered copper foil: by changing the calendering processing conditions, the recrystallized structure of calendered copper foil is developed cube aggregate structure, the grain boundary inclination of recrystallized grain is small, and the grain is coarse. The flexibility of calendered copper foil with this structure is greatly improved, and the number of times of bending is 4 times higher than that of ordinary calendered copper foil.
High strength calendered copper alloy foil: the strength of calendered copper foil is improved by adding alloying elements to the ingot in the process of copper melting and casting. With proper alloying, the conductivity of rolled alloy foil is controlled above 90% IACS, the strength of rolled alloy foil is several times higher than that of common rolled copper foil, and it is stable in hot state.
比较内容 | 压延铜箔 | 电解铜箔 |
生产工艺 | 铜锭、铜板带反复压延加工,表面处理 | 硫酸铜溶液电解,表面处理 |
工艺流程 | 工艺复杂、流程长 | 工艺较复杂 |
设备精度要求 | 高 | 较高 |
生产成本 | 高 | 低 |
用途 | 挠性线路板、锂离子电池负极载体、 电磁屏蔽材料和高频电子电器产品 | 印刷电路板(PCB)、锂离子电池负极载体、 电磁屏蔽材料和高频电子电器产品 |
主要生产及消费区域 | 日本、美国、中国 | |
价格 | 相对较高 | 相对较低 |
纯度 | ≥99%Cu | ≥98%Cu |
强度 | 高 | 较高 |
韧性 | 好 | 较好 |
抗弯曲性能 | 好(同厚度2-3倍与电解铜箔) | 较高 |
弹性系数 | 高 | 较高 |
致密度 | 高 | 较高 |
结晶结构 | 轧制片状结晶 | 微粒针状结晶 |
厚度 | 极限厚度受限 | 很薄 |
宽度 | 受轧机限制(一般≤600mm) | 可调整 |
表面 | 光滑 | 粗糙 |
外观一致性 | 好 | 较差 |
(2) Copper foil rolling mill
Rolling mill is one of the main core equipment in the production of rolled copper foil. Foil rolling is characterized by strict requirements on the thickness control system, tension, speed and cooling lubrication of the rolling mill. Therefore, the rolling mill is required to have high rigidity and precise structure, and the roll diameter should be reduced as much as possible. At present, 20 or 18 high rolling mills are used in European and American foil rolling, while X-type 6-high rolling mill is usually used in Japan. In the actual production, for ultra-thin products (thickness < 50 microns), the industry tends to use X-type 6-high or 18 high mill production[ 4]
(3) Factors affecting rolling quality of copper foil
Factors affecting rolling quality of copper foil
Calendered copper foil
Surface treatment of calendered copper foil
(1) Roughening and curing treatment: roughening treatment is needed on the surface of rolled copper foil, mainly because the surface of rolled copper foil is very smooth, the surface roughness is generally only about 1 micron, and the untreated copper foil surface can not be pressed with resin. Therefore, in order to improve the adhesion between the copper foil and the substrate, a layer of nodular crystal particles was electroplated on the surface of the copper foil to increase the surface roughness of the copper foil.
(2) Heat resistant layer treatment: the main function of heat resistant layer treatment is to form a layer of isolation layer on the rough surface to isolate the copper foil from the substrate. When the heat-resistant layer treated copper foil is combined with the resin insulating substrate, the diffusion of copper ions to the resin layer can be inhibited, and the reaction between copper foil and resin in the subsequent curing process can be prevented, resulting in the problems of color spots and peeling.
(3) Anti oxidation treatment: copper foil is easily oxidized and discolored in the air. The main function of anti rust layer is to prevent copper foil from oxidation and discoloration during storage, transportation and pressing process. At present, ZnNi and NiCr alloy plating are mostly used for antirust treatment, followed by immersion and coating with a layer of organosilane.
7. Future development trend of rolled copper foil:
(1) Lower profile;
(2) Ultra thin;
(3) Wide;
(4) High purity;
(5) Alloying;
(6) High strength;
(7) High flexibility;
(8) High frequency;
(9) High speed;
(10) Superconductivity;
(11) Many kinds of metal overlapping rolling technology;
(12) Domestic products replace imports.
Calendered copper foil
Calendered copper foil is a product made by repeatedly rolling and annealing high-precision copper strip (usually less than 150 microns in thickness) based on the principle of plastic processing (usually between 4-100 microns in thickness and less than 800 mm in width). Its ductility, bending resistance and conductivity are better than electrolytic copper foil, and the copper purity is also higher than electrolytic copper foil[ 1] [1]
Copper foil is an indispensable raw material for printed circuit board (PCB), copper clad laminate (CCL) and lithium ion battery. According to its manufacturing process, industrial copper foil can be divided into calendered copper foil and electrolytic copper foil. Electrolytic copper foil is made by electrolysis of copper based on the principle of electrochemistry. The internal structure of raw copper foil is vertical needle crystal structure, and its production cost is relatively low. Calendered copper foil is produced by repeated rolling and annealing of copper ingot based on the principle of plastic processing. Its internal structure is flake crystal structure, and the ductility of calendered copper foil is better. At present, electrolytic copper foil is mainly used in the production of rigid circuit boards, while calendered copper foil is mainly used in flexible and high frequency circuit boards[ 5]
Rolled copper foil is widely used in flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL), flexible circuit board (FPC), 5g communication, 6G communication, electromagnetic shielding, heat dissipation substrate, graphene film preparation, aerospace, lithium battery, led, intelligent automobile, UAV, wearable electronic products and other industries[ 2]
Gold foil
Gold foil is a thin piece of hammered gold. Due to the good ductility and plasticity of gold, one or two pure gold can be hammered into gold foil with a thickness of 1 / 10000 mm and an area of 16.2 square meters. That is, a gram of gold can be made into pure gold foil of about 0.5 square meters with a thickness of 0.12 μ m。
The standard specification of gold foil is 9.33cm * 9.33cm, other commonly used specifications are 8cm * 8cm, 10.9cm * 10.9cm, 4.5cm * 1.5cm, 2.75cm * 2.75cm.
Gold foil was first discovered 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. Now Nanjing is the world's largest gold foil production center. In May 2006, Nanjing gold foil forging technology was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.
catalogue
1. Detailed introduction
2 categories
3 process
4 distinction
5 naming rules
6 development history
7 characteristics
8 Application
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▪ medical
▪ technology
▪ cosmetology
▪ Architecture
▪ medicine
▪ Wine making
9 origin
▪ International origin
▪ China origin
Detailed introduction
People's praise of gold often reflects the special technology of gold, such as "golden branches and leaves", "resplendent", which describes an important variety of gold technology - gold foil.
Gold is stable, permanent, anti-oxidation, anti moisture, anti-corrosion, anti mildew, anti insect bite, anti radiation. Gold foil made of gold has a wide range of uses. The ancient method of gold foil is to purify gold, and then hammer it into 2.5 square centimeters of gold leaf, then put it in the black gold paper made by kerosene fumigation, and then hammer it by hand for 6-8 hours to make the gold leaf into foil, which is about 40 times the area of gold leaf, and then cut it into square. Pure color, uniform thickness and long-lasting color are the symbols of wealth and magnificence.
The traditional process of making gold foil is based on the gold bar with 99.99% gold content as the main raw material. After more than ten special processes, such as polyester, hammering and foil cutting, it presents golden color, bright and soft, light as a feather, thin as cicada wings, and less than 0.12 μ m in thickness.
Countries with ancient civilizations all over the world have superb skills in manufacturing gold foil. The cultural relics excavated from the tombs of the ancient Egyptians prove that Egypt has mastered the gold foil processing technology for a long time. Gold foil products were found in a 3500 years ago (1500 BC) tomb in Sahara Africa, and gold foil was found on the tomb excavated in Egypt in 1450 BC. In Europe, there were gold foil processing industries in Hamburg and Vienna in the middle ages. Among Asian countries, Japan's gold foil manufacturing technology is exquisite, and its products are excellent. Its main production area is Jinji city in Ishikawa county. It can also produce tin foil, copper foil and so on. The processing method is the same as gold foil.
Gold foil was first discovered 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. It is said that Nanjing gold foil has a history of nearly 1700 years. Now Nanjing is the largest gold foil production center in the world. In May 2006, Nanjing gold foil forging technology was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.
category
Gold foil is different from "red gold" and "gold". Since the late Qing Dynasty, it has been called "Ku gold foil", "Su Da Chi" and "Tian Chi Jin"“ The color of "Ku gold foil" is red, the fineness of gold is the best, and Zhang Zi is the biggest, about three inches square“ The color of "Su Dachi" is yellow, and the fineness is poor. Zhang Zi is about two inches square. The light and white color is called "Tian Chijin", and the color is like gold, but it is actually smoked with silver, which is called "Xuanjin foil". The gold foil handicrafts of Shang Dynasty unearthed from Sanxingdui and Jinsha in Sichuan Province are very representative, such as gold foil tiger, gold foil Phoenix, gold foil frog, gold foil fish and so on.
Craft
Gold foil production process generally goes through 12 procedures. They are: gold ratio, melting gold bars, patting leaves, making twists, dropping gold knobs, dipping gold knobs, beating gold knobs, loading knobs, Kang pit, beating thin, producing and cutting gold foil.
Gold proportioning: take raw gold from the vault, proportioning according to the special requirements of product varieties, and add quantitative proportion of silver and copper elements to make it meet the required gold content.
Melt gold bar: put the gold with good proportion into the crucible and melt it into gold water at high temperature, so that the added trace silver and copper elements can enter into it evenly, and the dregs can be separated out. Pour the gold water into the measuring iron tank and cool it to make it into gold bar.
Patting: the thick gold bar is hammered into thin gold belt by hand, and then cut into gold leaves as thin as paper.
Make twister: cut the gold leaf into a small gold leaf with a bamboo knife, which is 1cm square. This kind of gold leaf is called gold twister.
Drop gold opener: put the 10 cm square black gold paper into the incubator for heating, and install the gold twister for the next process to make the gold extend quickly.
Dip gold twister: dip gold twister with fingertips and put it into a 10 cm square black gold paper package, two pieces of black gold paper with one gold twister, a total of 2048 layers. All gold twisters are required to be put into the center of black gold paper.
Beating gold twister: place the black gold paper package with gold Twister on the foil beating machine and rotate it to make the gold twister thinner and more open.
Packing: the gold twister that has been opened in the 10 cm square black gold paper package is called "jinkaizi", which needs to be hammered into foil. Carefully lift the "jinkaizi" with goose feather and put it into the 20 cm square black gold paper package (commonly known as Jiasheng). This process is called packing Kaizi.
Cutting gold foil: cutting gold foil into regular shape with bamboo knife is called cutting foil.
Packaging: according to the use of the production of gold foil to meet the requirements of packaging.
distinguish
Generally, we can observe with naked eyes that the true gold foil is green to the light, while the imitation gold foil is not green to the light; In addition, the real gold foil is much thinner than the imitation gold foil. The real gold foil will be broken when touched by hand, while the imitation gold foil is much thicker than the real gold foil, so it will not be broken when touched by hand. The real gold is not afraid of fire, and it can be distinguished from the real when burned. The main raw material of the imitation gold foil is copper, which will produce copper oxide and turn black when burned, but the real gold will not.
If we want to measure the pure gold content of gold foil, we have to use a special instrument, but we can also distinguish about nine red, eight yellow and seven green by human eyes. That is, the gold content of more than 90 is reddish, the gold content of 80 is yellowish, and the gold content of 70 is cyan. Nowadays, modern science and technology have been integrated into the production of gold foil. The auxiliary materials (such as black gold paper) and equipment used have been greatly innovated, and the output and quality have been greatly improved. Modern science and technology carry forward the traditional gold foil technology and develop new varieties of gold foil. For example, high-tech laser engraving technique is used to carve and bronze the gold foil with 99% purity, which has the value of preservation, collection, commemoration and appreciation.
Naming rules
The gold foil was tested by spectral analysis and aqua regia, and the gold content in gold foil was determined by ICP-AES [1]. According to the industry standard of the people's Republic of China, the gold film is named, and the percentage of gold content is expressed, such as 99% of gold film, 99.9% of gold film, etc., instead of K.
Development history
When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to Jiangnan for a private visit, he made a special trip to visit the secret of gold foil and paid a visit to the ancestral hall of Ge Xianweng (the alchemist Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty), the founder of gold foil craft. The Eastern Jin Dynasty has a history of more than 1700 years. More than ten years ago, a large number of burial objects with gold foil were found in the excavation of Laoshan Han tomb, which caused a sensation in the world. This pushed forward the 1700 year history of gold foil technology in China for 1000 years, and the mysterious gold foil once again became the focus of attention《 The production of gold and silver foil and the setting up of brocade department have been recorded in danyangji and other documents. Qin Taoyu of Tang Dynasty wrote in his poem "poor girl": "Pengmen didn't know Qi luoxiang, so he wanted to ask good media to hurt himself. Who love romantic high style, a common pity for the times thrifty dressing. Dare to boast ten fingers of needle skillfully, do not draw long eyebrows. Bitterness and hatred press the golden thread every year to make wedding clothes for others. ".
In the long history, in order to show off their glory and wealth, the feudal ruling class used gold and silver thread embroidery to weave the Dragon robes and court clothes of emperors and generals, and the Phoenix crowns and nephews of queens and concubines; Gold foil is used for decoration of palaces and decoration of Buddhist statues in temples. In the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, Yunjin weaving was established. At that time, gold foil and gold thread flourished with the development of Yunjin. There were nearly ten thousand craftsmen in this industry. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to the war and the incompetence of the feudal rule, the production and management of gold foil and wire industry were also severely damaged.
According to the genealogy and oral tradition of the old gold foil artists, the production of gold foil and gold thread was at least 120 years ago, that is, the Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, there were more than 30 gold foil and gold wire producers and more than 200 workers in the urban area. Before and after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a large number of gold foils were needed for decoration in the construction of the heavenly king's palace. A special gold foil department was set up, which had three or four hundred workers.
Gold foil production process is unique, high technical requirements, since ancient times. It has always been handmade. The main production process is as follows: melt the gold into small pieces by melting strips; Beat the leaf, beat the gold bar and cut it into a few millimeter square thin slice; This kind of black gold paper is produced in Shangyu and Fuyang of Zhejiang Province. It is made from tender bamboo of the same year and soaked and retted in five summer seasons. It is also called "Wufu paper". 2016 pieces of 20 cm square black gold paper are folded into a square, commonly known as "Jiasheng", which can hold 2014 pieces of small gold, After the outer layer is wrapped with kraft paper, the foil can be made; To beat the foil, one person should hold a few kilos of hammer, and the other person should hold a hammer to beat it up and down. Only by beating it for several hours can the small pieces of gold in "Jiasheng" be beaten into extremely thin gold foil; Pick out and cut the gold foil with feathers, put it on another paper base, and cut it into various sizes with bamboo knife according to the specifications. In the late 1970s, the manual beating was replaced by machine beating, which freed the foil beating workers from heavy physical labor.
Characteristics
Gold has excellent ductility and is processed into a very thin sheet called gold foil. The ancient manual beating method that has been used for a long time is called beating gold foil, and the workshops engaged in this handicraft industry are called beating gold. First, the gold ingot is made into thin slices and sandwiched into the black gold paper layer by layer. There are more than 2000 sheets of bandages in each stack. On the bluestone anvil, the gold foil is formed by hammering it with a hammer for more than 30000 times. To prevent sticking, apply talcum powder on the paper. The thickness of gold foil is about 0.0003 mm. Gold foil is used for decoration of buildings, pasting gold on Buddha statues, printing ink, printing clay, and medicine. The gold thread made of gold foil can be woven into "cloud brocade", which is used in clothing and arts and crafts. In modern electronic industry, gold foil is also used in the gaps of reverberators, electroscope and video recording heads.
Application
Gold foil has a wide range of uses, involving Buddhism, classical gardens, high-grade architecture, medicine and health care, and cultural undertakings. Among them, gold foil is the most widely used for Buddha statues, carved beams and painted buildings, plaques and couplets, and decoration.
98 gold foil with the specification of 9.33 * 9.33 is the most widely used decorative gold foil, suitable for any decorative gold.
Such as: hotels, temples, statues, plaques, ceramic mosaic, crafts, etc; It can also be used to make gold foil paintings, books and stamps. The 2.75 * 2.75 high purity qianzujin foil produced from the clean workshop, namely "edible gold foil", can be used to add ingredients such as medicine, wine, pastry, cosmetics, etc., which can not only improve the commodity grade, but also benefit health and beauty.
edible
Detailed introduction
People's praise of gold often reflects the special technology of gold, such as "golden branches and leaves", "resplendent", which describes an important variety of gold technology - gold foil.
Gold is stable, permanent, anti-oxidation, anti moisture, anti-corrosion, anti mildew, anti insect bite, anti radiation. Gold foil made of gold has a wide range of uses. The ancient method of gold foil is to purify gold, and then hammer it into 2.5 square centimeters of gold leaf, then put it in the black gold paper made by kerosene fumigation, and then hammer it by hand for 6-8 hours to make the gold leaf into foil, which is about 40 times the area of gold leaf, and then cut it into square. Pure color, uniform thickness and long-lasting color are the symbols of wealth and magnificence.
The traditional process of making gold foil is based on the gold bar with 99.99% gold content as the main raw material. After more than ten special processes, such as polyester, hammering and foil cutting, it presents golden color, bright and soft, light as a feather, thin as cicada wings, and less than 0.12 μ m in thickness.
Countries with ancient civilizations all over the world have superb skills in manufacturing gold foil. The cultural relics excavated from the tombs of the ancient Egyptians prove that Egypt has mastered the gold foil processing technology for a long time. Gold foil products were found in a 3500 years ago (1500 BC) tomb in Sahara Africa, and gold foil was found on the tomb excavated in Egypt in 1450 BC. In Europe, there were gold foil processing industries in Hamburg and Vienna in the middle ages. Among Asian countries, Japan's gold foil manufacturing technology is exquisite, and its products are excellent. Its main production area is Jinji city in Ishikawa county. It can also produce tin foil, copper foil and so on. The processing method is the same as gold foil.
Gold foil was first discovered 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. It is said that Nanjing gold foil has a history of nearly 1700 years. Now Nanjing is the largest gold foil production center in the world. In May 2006, Nanjing gold foil forging technology was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.
category
Gold foil is different from "red gold" and "gold". Since the late Qing Dynasty, it has been called "Ku gold foil", "Su Da Chi" and "Tian Chi Jin"“ The color of "Ku gold foil" is red, the fineness of gold is the best, and Zhang Zi is the biggest, about three inches square“ The color of "Su Dachi" is yellow, and the fineness is poor. Zhang Zi is about two inches square. The light and white color is called "Tian Chijin", and the color is like gold, but it is actually smoked with silver, which is called "Xuanjin foil". The gold foil handicrafts of Shang Dynasty unearthed from Sanxingdui and Jinsha in Sichuan Province are very representative, such as gold foil tiger, gold foil Phoenix, gold foil frog, gold foil fish and so on.
Craft
Gold foil production process generally goes through 12 procedures. They are: gold ratio, melting gold bars, patting leaves, making twists, dropping gold knobs, dipping gold knobs, beating gold knobs, loading knobs, Kang pit, beating thin, producing and cutting gold foil.
Gold proportioning: take raw gold from the vault, proportioning according to the special requirements of product varieties, and add quantitative proportion of silver and copper elements to make it meet the required gold content.
Melt gold bar: put the gold with good proportion into the crucible and melt it into gold water at high temperature, so that the added trace silver and copper elements can enter into it evenly, and the dregs can be separated out. Pour the gold water into the measuring iron tank and cool it to make it into gold bar.
Patting: the thick gold bar is hammered into thin gold belt by hand, and then cut into gold leaves as thin as paper.
Make twister: cut the gold leaf into a small gold leaf with a bamboo knife, which is 1cm square. This kind of gold leaf is called gold twister.
Drop gold opener: put the 10 cm square black gold paper into the incubator for heating, and install the gold twister for the next process to make the gold extend quickly.
Dip gold twister: dip gold twister with fingertips and put it into a 10 cm square black gold paper package, two pieces of black gold paper with one gold twister, a total of 2048 layers. All gold twisters are required to be put into the center of black gold paper.
Beating gold twister: place the black gold paper package with gold Twister on the foil beating machine and rotate it to make the gold twister thinner and more open.
Packing: the gold twister that has been opened in the 10 cm square black gold paper package is called "jinkaizi", which needs to be hammered into foil. Carefully lift the "jinkaizi" with goose feather and put it into the 20 cm square black gold paper package (commonly known as Jiasheng). This process is called packing Kaizi.
Cutting gold foil: cutting gold foil into regular shape with bamboo knife is called cutting foil.
Packaging: according to the use of the production of gold foil to meet the requirements of packaging.
distinguish
Generally, we can observe with naked eyes that the true gold foil is green to the light, while the imitation gold foil is not green to the light; In addition, the real gold foil is much thinner than the imitation gold foil. The real gold foil will be broken when touched by hand, while the imitation gold foil is much thicker than the real gold foil, so it will not be broken when touched by hand. The real gold is not afraid of fire, and it can be distinguished from the real when burned. The main raw material of the imitation gold foil is copper, which will produce copper oxide and turn black when burned, but the real gold will not.
If we want to measure the pure gold content of gold foil, we have to use a special instrument, but we can also distinguish about nine red, eight yellow and seven green by human eyes. That is, the gold content of more than 90 is reddish, the gold content of 80 is yellowish, and the gold content of 70 is cyan. Nowadays, modern science and technology have been integrated into the production of gold foil. The auxiliary materials (such as black gold paper) and equipment used have been greatly innovated, and the output and quality have been greatly improved. Modern science and technology carry forward the traditional gold foil technology and develop new varieties of gold foil. For example, high-tech laser engraving technique is used to carve and bronze the gold foil with 99% purity, which has the value of preservation, collection, commemoration and appreciation.
Naming rules
The gold foil was tested by spectral analysis and aqua regia, and the gold content in gold foil was determined by ICP-AES [1]. According to the industry standard of the people's Republic of China, the gold film is named, and the percentage of gold content is expressed, such as 99% of gold film, 99.9% of gold film, etc., instead of K.
Development history
When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to Jiangnan for a private visit, he made a special trip to visit the secret of gold foil and paid a visit to the ancestral hall of Ge Xianweng (the alchemist Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty), the founder of gold foil craft. The Eastern Jin Dynasty has a history of more than 1700 years. More than ten years ago, a large number of burial objects with gold foil were found in the excavation of Laoshan Han tomb, which caused a sensation in the world. This pushed forward the 1700 year history of gold foil technology in China for 1000 years, and the mysterious gold foil once again became the focus of attention《 The production of gold and silver foil and the setting up of brocade department have been recorded in danyangji and other documents. Qin Taoyu of Tang Dynasty wrote in his poem "poor girl": "Pengmen didn't know Qi luoxiang, so he wanted to ask good media to hurt himself. Who love romantic high style, a common pity for the times thrifty dressing. Dare to boast ten fingers of needle skillfully, do not draw long eyebrows. Bitterness and hatred press the golden thread every year to make wedding clothes for others. ".
In the long history, in order to show off their glory and wealth, the feudal ruling class used gold and silver thread embroidery to weave the Dragon robes and court clothes of emperors and generals, and the Phoenix crowns and nephews of queens and concubines; Gold foil is used for decoration of palaces and decoration of Buddhist statues in temples. In the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, Yunjin weaving was established. At that time, gold foil and gold thread flourished with the development of Yunjin. There were nearly ten thousand craftsmen in this industry. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to the war and the incompetence of the feudal rule, the production and management of gold foil and wire industry were also severely damaged.
According to the genealogy and oral tradition of the old gold foil artists, the production of gold foil and gold thread was at least 120 years ago, that is, the Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, there were more than 30 gold foil and gold wire producers and more than 200 workers in the urban area. Before and after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a large number of gold foils were needed for decoration in the construction of the heavenly king's palace. A special gold foil department was set up, which had three or four hundred workers.
Gold foil production process is unique, high technical requirements, since ancient times. It has always been handmade. The main production process is as follows: melt the gold into small pieces by melting strips; Beat the leaf, beat the gold bar and cut it into a few millimeter square thin slice; This kind of black gold paper is produced in Shangyu and Fuyang of Zhejiang Province. It is made from tender bamboo of the same year and soaked and retted in five summer seasons. It is also called "Wufu paper". 2016 pieces of 20 cm square black gold paper are folded into a square, commonly known as "Jiasheng", which can hold 2014 pieces of small gold, After the outer layer is wrapped with kraft paper, the foil can be made; To beat the foil, one person should hold a few kilos of hammer, and the other person should hold a hammer to beat it up and down. Only by beating it for several hours can the small pieces of gold in "Jiasheng" be beaten into extremely thin gold foil; Pick out and cut the gold foil with feathers, put it on another paper base, and cut it into various sizes with bamboo knife according to the specifications. In the late 1970s, the manual beating was replaced by machine beating, which freed the foil beating workers from heavy physical labor.
Characteristics
Gold has excellent ductility and is processed into a very thin sheet called gold foil. The ancient manual beating method that has been used for a long time is called beating gold foil, and the workshops engaged in this handicraft industry are called beating gold. First, the gold ingot is made into thin slices and sandwiched into the black gold paper layer by layer. There are more than 2000 sheets of bandages in each stack. On the bluestone anvil, the gold foil is formed by hammering it with a hammer for more than 30000 times. To prevent sticking, apply talcum powder on the paper. The thickness of gold foil is about 0.0003 mm. Gold foil is used for decoration of buildings, pasting gold on Buddha statues, printing ink, printing clay, and medicine. The gold thread made of gold foil can be woven into "cloud brocade", which is used in clothing and arts and crafts. In modern electronic industry, gold foil is also used in the gaps of reverberators, electroscope and video recording heads.
Application
Gold foil has a wide range of uses, involving Buddhism, classical gardens, high-grade architecture, medicine and health care, and cultural undertakings. Among them, gold foil is the most widely used for Buddha statues, carved beams and painted buildings, plaques and couplets, and decoration.
98 gold foil with the specification of 9.33 * 9.33 is the most widely used decorative gold foil, suitable for any decorative gold.
Such as: hotels, temples, statues, plaques, ceramic mosaic, crafts, etc; It can also be used to make gold foil paintings, books and stamps. The 2.75 * 2.75 high purity qianzujin foil produced from the clean workshop, namely "edible gold foil", can be used to add ingredients such as medicine, wine, pastry, cosmetics, etc., which can not only improve the commodity grade, but also benefit health and beauty.
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