Gold whats the difference between 9ct and 9kt and what do the numbers 375 mean please?
i love wearing gold but what is the difference they all seem to look the same?? thanks for your time
Answers:
Caratage is an important factor in buying gold jewellery as it indicates how pure the metal is.
Pure gold is very soft which makes it unsuitable for most jewellery. To make it stronger, it is mixed with other metals, such as silver, copper, zinc and palladium. This is called alloying. The gold you see in jewellery is actually gold alloy.
The carat (ct) tells you how may parts of gold and how many parts of other metal are in the gold alloy. Don't confuse this with the carat weight of diamonds and gemstones.
One carat is one part of 24, or 41.66 parts of a thousand. 9ct gold is 375 parts gold per thousand parts. 18ct gold is 750 parts per thousand. 24 carat gold is pure gold.
Preference for a certain caratage is often based on cultural factors. In the UK, 9ct and 18ct is most commonly sold, while in America, 14ct is more popular. In India, 22ct gold is preferred. 24ct gold tends to be used for exchange and investment.
ct and kt mean the same - it's both 9 karats of gold.
375 means the same thing - 9 karats - it's just a different way to describe it. 9 karats of gold is 9/24 purity of gold, which is 37.5% pure. Hence 375.
The higher the karats the more expensive, because it has more gold in the item.
BEWARE: if you're buying gold jewellery, and you want solid gold, make sure they say it's SOLID, otherwise you'll end up with gold plating (or electroplating, that's another fancy word they use) which is hardly worth anything and rubs off after wearing it for a while.
9ct is the English way of abreviating carat, some other countries use 9KT or 9K which all mean the same. 375 means that 37.5% of the metals is gold the other 62.5% is made up of other precious metals, to get 9ct white gold the other precious metals would be whiter, ie titanium. 18ct gold is 750, 75% gold & platinum is 950 95% platinum.
Bloody Hell, Stephanie C knows her stuff! H Samuel eh!
All three are exactly the same, the abbreviation kt is, if I recall correctly, the German for carat, ie karat.
ct is the measure of gemstone/diamond
kt is used for gold.
They are all exactly the same. 9ct is english 9kt american.
375 is what the assay office applies to indicate 9 ct.
Ct (carat) and Kt (karat) mean the same thing and define the amount of pure gold or platinum in a piece of jewellery.
The purity is measured in 2 ways. One way (Carat) takes the number of pure parts of gold out out 24 total in the alloy. ie: 18ct = 18 parts pure gold/6 parts other elements.
Another way is using a millesimal mark. This breaks down the purity into parts out of 1000. For 18ct gold this would be worked out thus: 1000/24*18 = 750. this is the millesimal mark you find stamped on gold.
The most common carats used for gold in bullion, jewellery making and goldsmithing are:
24 carat (millesimal fineness 999)
22 carat (millesimal fineness 916)
20 carat (millesimal fineness 833)
18 carat (millesimal fineness 750)
16 carat (millesimal fineness 625)
14 carat (millesimal fineness 585)
10 carat (millesimal fineness 417)
9 carat (millesimal fineness 375)
Typically in the UK we use 9, 18 and 22ct gold.
You say they all look the same but if you look closer you will notice that 9ct gold is actually quite pale in comparison to 18ct and 22ct is a lot richer in colour.
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Answers:
Caratage is an important factor in buying gold jewellery as it indicates how pure the metal is.
Pure gold is very soft which makes it unsuitable for most jewellery. To make it stronger, it is mixed with other metals, such as silver, copper, zinc and palladium. This is called alloying. The gold you see in jewellery is actually gold alloy.
The carat (ct) tells you how may parts of gold and how many parts of other metal are in the gold alloy. Don't confuse this with the carat weight of diamonds and gemstones.
One carat is one part of 24, or 41.66 parts of a thousand. 9ct gold is 375 parts gold per thousand parts. 18ct gold is 750 parts per thousand. 24 carat gold is pure gold.
Preference for a certain caratage is often based on cultural factors. In the UK, 9ct and 18ct is most commonly sold, while in America, 14ct is more popular. In India, 22ct gold is preferred. 24ct gold tends to be used for exchange and investment.
ct and kt mean the same - it's both 9 karats of gold.
375 means the same thing - 9 karats - it's just a different way to describe it. 9 karats of gold is 9/24 purity of gold, which is 37.5% pure. Hence 375.
The higher the karats the more expensive, because it has more gold in the item.
BEWARE: if you're buying gold jewellery, and you want solid gold, make sure they say it's SOLID, otherwise you'll end up with gold plating (or electroplating, that's another fancy word they use) which is hardly worth anything and rubs off after wearing it for a while.
9ct is the English way of abreviating carat, some other countries use 9KT or 9K which all mean the same. 375 means that 37.5% of the metals is gold the other 62.5% is made up of other precious metals, to get 9ct white gold the other precious metals would be whiter, ie titanium. 18ct gold is 750, 75% gold & platinum is 950 95% platinum.
Bloody Hell, Stephanie C knows her stuff! H Samuel eh!
All three are exactly the same, the abbreviation kt is, if I recall correctly, the German for carat, ie karat.
ct is the measure of gemstone/diamond
kt is used for gold.
They are all exactly the same. 9ct is english 9kt american.
375 is what the assay office applies to indicate 9 ct.
Ct (carat) and Kt (karat) mean the same thing and define the amount of pure gold or platinum in a piece of jewellery.
The purity is measured in 2 ways. One way (Carat) takes the number of pure parts of gold out out 24 total in the alloy. ie: 18ct = 18 parts pure gold/6 parts other elements.
Another way is using a millesimal mark. This breaks down the purity into parts out of 1000. For 18ct gold this would be worked out thus: 1000/24*18 = 750. this is the millesimal mark you find stamped on gold.
The most common carats used for gold in bullion, jewellery making and goldsmithing are:
24 carat (millesimal fineness 999)
22 carat (millesimal fineness 916)
20 carat (millesimal fineness 833)
18 carat (millesimal fineness 750)
16 carat (millesimal fineness 625)
14 carat (millesimal fineness 585)
10 carat (millesimal fineness 417)
9 carat (millesimal fineness 375)
Typically in the UK we use 9, 18 and 22ct gold.
You say they all look the same but if you look closer you will notice that 9ct gold is actually quite pale in comparison to 18ct and 22ct is a lot richer in colour.
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