No....the AV pound is heavier.
The Troy ounce is heavier than a AV ounce but there are only 12 troy ounces in a Troy pound compared to 16 in a AV pound.
There is an old joke...What is heavier, a pound of Gold or a pound of feathers...?
The pound of feathers...
Because the troy pound of Gold is measured in Troy...which has a lighter pound.
troy ounce is precious metals 12 to a pound
apothecary ounce is for drugs
avoirdupois ounce is for most anything else 16 to a pound
answers:
which weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
a pound of feathers
which weighs more an ounce of feathers or an ounce of gold?
an ounce of gold
==Weight of a Troy Ounce== Yes, one troy ounce is equal to approximately 1.1 avoirdupois ounces.
1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams
There are 31.1034768 grams in 1 Troy ounce and there are 28.3495231 grams in 1 standard or 1 Avordupois ounce
There are 16 ounces in an avoirdupois pound.One avoirdupois pound is equal to a regular pound.
The troy ounce (oz t) is a unit of imperial measure. It is normally used to gauge the mass of precious metals. One troy ounce is defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg or 31.1034768 grams. There are about 32.15 troy oz in 1 kg. One troy ounce is equivalent to approximately 1.09714 avoirdupois ('regular') ounces.
31.1 in an American ounce. There is no American ounce. There is the Avoirdupois ounce which is 28.35 grams and the troy ounce which is 31.10g used for quantifying gold and silver bullion.
1 US customary fluid ounce = 29.574 milliliters (rounded) 1 ounce Avoirdupois = the weight of 28.35 grams of mass on Earth. (rounded) 1 ounce Avoirdupois = 0.9115 ounce Troy (rounded)
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.
There are 1.097 avoirdupois ounces in one troy ounce.
A Troy Ounce is 31.1034768 grams and is slightly different from an Avoirdupois Ounce (28.35 gm)
There are 16 ounces in an avoirdupois pound.One avoirdupois pound is equal to a regular pound.
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".
The troy ounce (oz t) is a unit of imperial measure. It is normally used to gauge the mass of precious metals. One troy ounce is defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg or 31.1034768 grams. There are about 32.15 troy oz in 1 kg. One troy ounce is equivalent to approximately 1.09714 avoirdupois ('regular') ounces.
The troy ounce (oz t) is a unit of imperial measure. It is normally used to gauge the mass of precious metals. One troy ounce is defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg or 31.1034768 grams. There are about 32.15 troy oz in 1 kg. One troy ounce is equivalent to approximately 1.09714 avoirdupois ('regular') ounces.
Gold is sold in Troy Ounces - everything else in Avoirdupois ounces
20 pennyweights equal one troy ounce. Note that the troy ounce is heavier than a normal avoirdupois ounce.
penny weight ounces = pounds / 0.0548571429 ??????? Answer There is no such thing as a pennyweight ounce. The pennyweight and the troy ounce are two different weights used when dealing with precious metals. There are 20 pennyweights in one troy ounce and 240 pennyweights in a troy pound. Therfore 1 pennyweight = 1/20 th of a troy ounce = a troy ounce x 0.05. The troy ounce is heavier than the conventional, everyday avoirdupois ounce. One pennyweight is an avoirdupois ounce x 0.05485
Gold is measured in troy ounces. One troy ounce is exactly 31.1034768 grams. This makes the troy ounce larger than the avoirdupois ounce, which has a mass of 28.35 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.
1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams See link below for the distinction between the troy ounce and the more common avoirdupois ounce.