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troy ton is a traditional unit of weight for gold.

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1 oz gold equal to how many grams?

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.


What unit of measurement is used to weigh gold?

Gold is measured in grams.......................


What standard of weight measurement consist of a fourteen ounce pound of gold?

The troy system of measurement.


What unit of weight is gold measured in?

in troy oz, pennyweight, or grams


What is a 1 troy in gold or ounce?

It is called a "Troy ounce." So it is a weight measurement of gold, or silver etc.


Are there 12 ounces in one pound of gold?

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.


What can gold be measured in?

carats, which gives the percentage of gold in an alloy. Also troy ounces which is weight.


Which weighs more a oz of gold or a oz of paper?

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.


What is the weight in pounds of 1000 ounce bar of silver?

Since silver is measured in troy ounces, 1,000 troy ounces is equal to 68.57 pounds.


Gold is measured in what?

The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg (0.2 g; 0.007055 oz)


How much does a karat of gold cost?

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.


What does gr mean on silver?

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.