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Find out how varakh is made.

● Varakh is super fine foil sheet of pure metals.


● It is made from silver or sometimes of gold.


● It is used to decorate sweets and food to make those look more appealing and appetising.


● Varakh is made by pounding silver to sheets a few micrometers.


● It is made by placing the pure metal dust between parchment sheets, then pounding the sheets until the metal dust mold into a foil.


● It’s thickness usually a few micrometers (μm), typically 0.2 μm-0.8 μm.


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Fill in the blanks.

(a) Gold of 100% purity is _______ carat gold.


(b) Bronze contains the metals _______ and _______.


(c) The _______ gas is released when metals react chemically with acids


(d) Oxides of metals have _______ properties.


(e) The non-metal _______ is used in gun powder.

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Find out which metals are used to make varakh, the shiny foil that is used to garnish sweetmeats.

 3

Find out which metal on the basis of health considerations, should be used to make varakh.

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Observe how the metal tyre is fitted on the wheel of a bullock-cart.