Gold has been one of the most precious metals for over a million years. It is combined with other metals to make jewellery of different varieties. There are many ways to test the purity of gold. Since gold is a precious metal it is often found alloyed and mixed with other metals. So it is pertinent to test the purity of the metal. The gold testing machine is used mainly for this purpose. Ways to Test the Purity of Gold Different methods are adopted to test the purity of gold. Karat is the measurement used for measuring the purity of gold. Pure gold is usually known as 24 karat gold. Before the invention of gold testing machine, the purity of gold was tested using porcelain, glass and magnet. The use of porcelain to test the purity of the metal-gold included scratching the sample metal on unglazed porcelain, if the color of the streak is yellow, it is pure gold. Similarly the use of glass to check the purity of gold included scratching the sample metal on a piece of glass, since go...