troy ton is a traditional unit of weight for gold.
Precious metals (eg gold) and gems.
1 troy ounce = 0.0311034768 kilograms gold is measured in troy oz.
Gold is normally measured in Troy weight, approx 31.2 gms or 31200 mg per ounce
A pound of gold weighs 14.583 troy ounces. This answer is correct only if you mean an avoirdupois pound. A troy pound (used for precious metals) is 12 troy ounces. If you ask how many troy ounces are in a pound, you would normally mean a troy pound unless you specify another type of measure - there are several different difinitions for the measure "pound".
Gold and other precious substances are commonly measured by weight in Troy Ounces. 1 Troy Ounce = 31.1034768 grams.
12 ounces = 10.9375 troy ounces.
Regardless of what is being measured, one Troy ounce is exactly 31.1034768 grams, which is larger than the ounce generally in use in the United States and has a mass of 28.35 gramson is correct.
Gold is measured in grams.......................
The troy system of measurement.
in troy oz, pennyweight, or grams
It is called a "Troy ounce." So it is a weight measurement of gold, or silver etc.
Gold and other precious metals are measured using tht Troy Measurement System instead of the Avoirdupois Weight System common in the US. A troy pound is equal to 12 Troy ounces. There are 16 ounces in a pound (avdp). The common point where one Troy something equals one Avoirdupois something and one Apothecary something is the grain. One pound (avdp) equals 14.583400600306332 Ounces (troy). So when speaking of gold silver or platinum a distinction should always be made on which weight system is in use.
carats, which gives the percentage of gold in an alloy. Also troy ounces which is weight.
In most cases people would say that an ounce is an ounce. But gold is measured using troy weight and paper is weighed using avoirdupois weight. In this case, paper weighs more than the gold.
Since silver is measured in troy ounces, 1,000 troy ounces is equal to 68.57 pounds.
The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg (0.2 g; 0.007055 oz)
Karat in this context is a purity measurement, not a weight measurement. Today's price for one troy ounce of 24 karat gold (2010August2) is US$1,182.
Grams, a measurement of weight. There are 28.3495 grams in an avoirdupois ounce (the ounce usually used to measure items). Silver (and other precious metals like gold and platinum), however, are usually measured in troy ounces, one of which is equal to 31.1035 grams.