Gold Prices Guide » Gold Uses http://goldpricesguide.com A source of Gold information and pricing Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Some interesting information about gold http://goldpricesguide.com/2010/01/some-interesting-information-about-gold/ http://goldpricesguide.com/2010/01/some-interesting-information-about-gold/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:24:12 +0000 GoldPricesGuide.com http://goldpricesguide.com/?p=40 Information on Gold

  • The chemical symbol for gold is ‘Au‘
  • Gold’s atomic number is 79 and its atomic weight is 196.967.
  • Gold melts at 1064.43° Centigrade

The specific gravity of gold is 19.3,  meaning gold weighs 19.3 times more than an equal volume of water.

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Percent Gold = European System = Karat System
100 %               = 1000 fine                 = 24 karat
91.7 %              = 917 fine                    = 22 karat
75.0 %             = 750 fine                    = 18 karat
58.5 %              = 585 fine                    = 14 karat
41.6 %              = 416 fine                     = 10 karat

Some interesting information about gold

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