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GOLD
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SILVER
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PLATINUM
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CONVERSION
CHART
The
Weight of
Gold,
Silver,
or
Platinum
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1 Troy Ounce
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= 31.1033 Grams |
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1 Troy Ounce
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= 480
Grains |
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1 Troy Ounce |
= 20 Pennyweight
(DWT) |
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12 Troy Ounce |
= 1 Pound Troy |
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14.5833 Troy
Ounces |
= 1 Pound
Avoirdupois |
| 0.9114 Troy Ounce
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= 1 Ounce
Avoirdupois |
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32.15 Troy Ounce |
= 1 Kilogram |
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1 Gram
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= 5.3 Karats
(Roman) |
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1 Gram |
= 15.432 Grains |
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1 Gram
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= 0.643
Pennyweight
(DWT)
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| 1.5552 Grams |
= 1 Pennyweight
(DWT)
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1.000 Grams |
= 1 Kilogram
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28.3495 Grams
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= 1 Ounce
Avoirdupois |
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24 Grains |
= 1 Pennyweight (DWT) |
| 5.760
Grains |
= 1 Pound Troy |
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15.432 Grains |
= 1 Kilogram |
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437.5 Grains |
= 1 Ounce
Avoirdupois |
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7,000 Grains |
= 1 Pound
Avoirdupois |
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1 Grain |
= 0.0648 Grams |
| 240 Pennyweight
(DWT)
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= 1 Pound Troy
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643.01
Pennyweight
(DWT)
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= 1 Kilogram |
| 18.2291 Pennyweight
(DWT) |
= 1 Ounce
Avoirdupois |
| 291.666 Pennyweight
(DWT) |
= Pound Avoirdupois |
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1 Kilogram |
= 2.68
Pounds Troy |
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1 Kilogram |
= 35.2740
Ounces Avoirdupois |
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1 Kilogram |
= 2.2046
Pounds Avoirdupois |
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Fine/Purity
or Gold |
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24 Karats = 1000.0
Fine |
20 Karats
= 833.3 Fine |
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23 Karats = 958.3
Fine |
18 Karats
= 750.0 Fine |
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22 Karats = 916.6
Fine |
16 Karats
= 666.7 Fine |
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21.6 Karats = 900.0 Fine
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14 Karats
= 583.3 Fine |
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21 Karats =
875.0 Fine
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10 Karat
= 041.7 Fine |
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Metric
System Versus Troy System
The troy
sytem is used to weigh precious metals
in Canada and the United States. No
longer legal in the United Kingdom. |
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1 Troy Pound
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=
12 Troy Ounces |
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1 Troy Pound |
=
20 Pennyweight |
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1 pennyweight
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=
24 Grains |
The Metric
System is currently used as a standard
in all Europe, Latin America and most
other countries in the world.
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1 Metric Ton
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=
1,000 Kilos |
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1 Kilo
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=
1,000 Grams |
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1 Gram |
=
1,000 Miligrams |
Approximate
conversions from U.S. Customary to
System e
International D' Unite's (Sl)
Weight
(Mass):
Multiply By:
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Ounces to Grams |
28.3 |
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Pounds to Kilograms |
0.425 |
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Short Tons to Megagrams
(Metric
Tons)
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0.9
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Grams to Ounces (Avoir)
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0.035 |
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Kilograms to
Pounds |
2.2 |
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Megagrams
(Metric
Tons) to Short Tons |
1.1 |
Common
conversions to six Significant figures
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Weight:
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Multiply by: |
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Ounces (Avoir) to Grams
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28.3495 |
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Pounds
(Avoir)
to Kilograms
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0.453592 |
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Grams to Ounces
(Avoir)
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0.035274 |
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Kilograms to Pounds
(Avoir)
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2.20462 |
DID YOU KNOW
THAT:
Gold will not rust or decay. Gold is
more malleable
and ductile than any other metal on
earth. It can be hammered to a thickness
of 1/250.000 of an inch. One Troy
Ounce can be drawn to a length of 50
miles or beaten to cover 100 square
feet.
Gold comes in different colors - yellow.
green, red, white, - Which are produced
by variations the allow. The most common
metal used with gold are silver, copper.
zink, and nickel. Silver and zink tend
to give a greenish hue, copper a reddish
hue Rose / (pink gold), and nickel
/ and these days Palladium is used for
white gold.
Information
used in this chart by
Public Metal inc.,
was obtained from sources deemed to be
reliable and accurate, but no
responsibility whatsoever is assumed.
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