Gold standards

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Hi, My turn to ask a question.In British English is gold rated in karats or carats?Is it karat in US English?

Pieanne · Accepted Answer

It's carats.

Nona the brit · Answer

cheers. I thought so but I have a client who is calling it karats while he is building his website and I must admit there are tons of 'karats' on the web. I'll just have to stick a dictionary under his nose!

Pieanne · Answer

The web Karats may not be UK(arats)...

YoHf · Answer

Lol. Pieanne, you growing up like me.

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MrPedantic · Answer

I think "karat" (K) is the measure of purity, while "carat" (ct) is the measure of weight.

But we had better wait for an aurifex to pass by...

MrP

Nona the brit · Answer

Oh blimey, I do need to know...

Is it 24 karat gold or 24carat gold?

Julielai · Answer

This may help:

http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/sandra02.htm

"The important thing to remember is that a carat is a unit of weight, not a unit of size. One carat of a dense (heavy) stone will be smaller than one carat of a lighter stone. For example, a one-carat sapphire will be smaller than a one-carat diamond, because sapphires are heavier than diamonds. A karat has nothing to do with weight, but instead refers to the quantity of gold contained in a particular item. The measurement uses a base of 24 units. Pure gold is twenty-four twenty-fourths (24/24ths) gold, and is called 24-karat gold."

This may be interesting too:

http://www.word-detective.com/back-r.html

Nona the brit · Answer

0Aha I've found the source of the confusion.02br
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00In the UK, carat is used for both meanings.02br
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00In US English carat is for jewel weight and karat for gold purity.0-

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