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What does a druggist use a apothecaries weight troy weight or avoirdupois weight?
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How many troy ounce is equal to one avoirdupois ounce?
There are 16 ounces in an avoirdupois pound.One avoirdupois pound is equal to a regular pound.
1 oz gold value?
Gold is traded in Troy ounces. Troy ounces are different from the Avoirdupois (pronounced: a-vo-du-pwa) system of weight measurment.The Avoirdupois Weight System has 28.35grams to an ounce.The Troy Weight System has 31.10grams to an ounce.
How many grams of gold are in 7 avoirdupois ounces?
Troy weight was so named from Troyes in France where it was first adopted in Europe. The Troy Ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. One Troy ounce is about 10% heavier than the common Avoirdupois ounce. Avoirdupois is the system of weights using the pound of 16 ounces. Troy weight is the system of weights used for Gold, Silver and Jewels with twelve ounces to the pound. 1. All the "grains" (Av. and Troy -- see 3. below) weigh 0.0648 metric grams. 2. One avoirdupois oz. is 0.9115 troy oz.; one troy oz. is 1.0971 avoirdupois oz. 3. Troy oz. are their own weight system for precious metals. See the Related Link "Weight Converter" for a good online conversion page for many systems.
How does a troy ounce compare to a dry ounce?
Here in the USA we often use the avoirdupois ounce for everyday weighing. Every time you step on the scale at home, or weight food found in the grocery, you use the avoirdupois ounce weight system. There are 16 avoirdupois ounces in a pound. 1 avoirdupois ounce = 437.5 grains, or 28.35 grams. 1 avoirdupois pound contains 16 (avoirdupois) ounces. This makes an Avoirdupois pound equal to about 453.6 grams, or the equivalent of 14.583 "troy ounces".
How much is 5 Troy grains of gold bar worth?
gold weight 68.1 grains in avoirdupois equall in troy grains
How many avoirdupois ounce in a troy ounce?
There are 1.097 avoirdupois ounces in one troy ounce.
How many troy ounces in 2.2 lbs avoirdupois?
2.2lbs avoirdupois is 32.083 troy ounces.
1 oz gold equal to how many grams?
Regardless of what is being measured, one Troy ounce is exactly 31.1034768 grams, which is larger than the ounce generally in use in the United States and has a mass of 28.35 gramson is correct.
Is gold measured in troy ounces or avoirdupois ounces?
Troy ounces.
What is the unit for pounds and ounces?
The unit for pounds is the "pound". The unit for ounces is the "ounce". In Avoirdupois weight, there are 16 ounces in one pound. In Troy weight, there are 12 ounces in one pound, and the ounces are bigger than Avoirdupois ounces, but the pounds are still lighter than Avoirdupois pounds. Anyone for metric ?
What is the Equivalent of pounds to kilos?
AnswerThere are 0.4536 kilograms per 1 avoirdupois pound OR 2.2046 pounds in 1 kilogram.0.373241 kilograms equal 1 troy pound. Troy weights are for gold, silver, platinum, and other expensive materials. The now discontinued Apothecaries' weights are for medicine. Avoirdupois is for everything else. The metric system does not distinguish between cheap and expensive materials. Since the 1950's, medicine has been measured in metric units, soon found to be superior to the old Apothecaries' units.
What are the dimensions of weight?
Answer: Grain, Scruple, Carat, Gram, Pennyweight, Avoirdupois Dram, Apothecaries Dram, Ounces, Troy Ounce, Poundal, Troy Pound, Pound, Kilogram, Stone, US Quarter, Slug, 100 Weight (US cwt), Short Ton, Metric Ton and Long Ton Answer: The above are units of weight or force; some of them (like gram and kilogram) are really units of mass, not of weight. The DIMENSIONS of weight are the same as the dimensions of a force, since a weight is a force. In the SI, this is defined by Newton's Second Law (F=ma), in other words a mass times an acceleration.
