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Karats
When people buy gold jewelry in the store, the seller often describes it in terms of karats (abbreviated kt or K). The gold jewelries are made with different karat, such as 10 karat, 12 karat, 14 karat, and 18 karat and 22 karat. High karat gold jewelries are more expensive. Well, what exactly does the "karat" mean?
What is a karat?
Karat is a unit of purity for gold alloys, rather than weight.
Karat is different from Carat(used as a unit of mass) used to weigh diamond, gemstones, and pearls.
What is Gold Karat?
Since the pure gold is too soft to make exquisite jewelries. Therefore, the gold jewelries are almost alloy which are mixed with other metals, such as silver, copper, or zinc. Pure gold is 24 karats.
Fineness
|
Gold Percentage
|
Alloy Percentage
|
24 K
|
99.99%
|
00.01%
|
22 K
|
91.66%
|
8.34%
|
18 K
|
75%
|
25%
|
14 K
|
58.33%
|
41.67%
|
10 K
|
41.66%
|
58.34%
|
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| Have look at this ring band picture that explains you different color every karats give |
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