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What weighs more 1 pound of silver or 1 pound of gold?
A pound of gold weighs the same as a pound of silver, because they are both one pound. But a block of gold would weigh more than the same-sized block of silver (gold is more dense than silver, so a smaller volume weighs the same).
What is heavier a pound of gold or a ton of paper?
A ton of paper is heavier than a pound of gold. A ton is equivalent to 2,000 pounds, so a ton of paper is much heavier than a pound of gold.
How many ounces are in a pound of gold?
1 troy ounce = 31,103 476 8 grams = 0,083 329 32 pound troy
How many grams of gold equals one pound?
This is not quite as easy to answer as you might think.Gold is measured in troy ounces which is different from avoirdupois ounces which is used to measure things like potatoes or sugar.Also the troy pound is the equivalent of 12 troy ounces, whereas the avoirdupois pound is the equivalent of 16 avoirdupois ounces.One troy ounce is approximately 31.1 grams; one troy pound is 373.24 grams. One avoirdupois ounce is approximately 28.35 grams; one avoirdupois pound is 453.6 grams.
How many ounces in one pound of gold?
Gold and other precious metals are usually weighed in the Troy weight system. The system used in the US is called the avoirdupois weight system or (avdp) where sixteen ounces equals one pound. A pound (avdp) is equal to 1.21528338 Troy pounds. One Troy ounce of gold weighs 1.0971377 ounce (avdp) and there are 12 Troy ounces in one Troy pound and only 0.822853347 pounds (avdp) in a Troy pound. Be extremely careful when you buy gold by the Ton to always know that both you and the seller are talking the same measurement short long or metric Ton. It could be an expensive error.
