they both weigh an ounce so they weigh the same This is not the correct answer...DuFuss. Gold is weighed in troy weight, one troy ounce = 480 grains= 31.2 grams. Brick would be measured in avoirdupois weight, where 1 ounce=437.5 grains or 28.4 grams. Therefore, an ounce of gold weighs more than a ounce of brick, feathers, lead, etc.
An ounce of gold often looks like a tiny little brick. At times, an ounce of gold will look like several little pieces of gold, not yet melted together.
There are 3.11 tenths of a gold coin in a troy ounce.
"Ounce", when referring to gold, means a Troy ounce. There are twenty pennyweight in a Troy ounce.
I assume you can make a brick of gold of practically any size.
There are 20 pennyweights in an ounce of gold.
There are approximately 480 grains in one ounce of gold.
I assume you can make a brick of gold of practically any size.
There are approximately 31.1 grams in one troy ounce of gold.
One troy ounce of gold equates to about 31.103 grams.
I believe there are 28.56 grams in an ounce
The unit used in weighing gold is the troy ounce; 1 troy ounce is equivalent to 31.1 grams.