Product Description

What is Gold Karat?

Since the pure gold is too soft to make exquisite jewelries. Therefore, the gold jewelries are almost alloy which are mixed with other metals, such as silver, copper, or zinc. Pure gold is *4 karats. A unit karat of gold is equal to 1/*4 part (4.***7%). The gold karat shows how many parts of gold and how many parts of other metals in a gold jewelry. The following chart shows the differences between the different karats, and also shows the percentage of gold and other metals.

Karats gold percentage Other Metal percentage

*4kt gold **0.*0% other metal 0.**0%

*2kt gold *1.*0% other metal 8.4%

*8kt gold *5.*0% other metal *5%

*4kt gold *8.5% other metal *1.**0%

*0kt gold *1.7% other metal *8.**0%

6kt gold *5%         other metal *5%

What's the difference between Karat and Carat?

We are often confusion over the differing use of "carat" and "karat". The Karat is a gold unit for purity, and Carat is a unit for mass which is used for measuring the weight of gemstones and pearls (1 carat is equal to **0mg). However, carat and karat are usually used interchangeably in some countries.

How to test the purity of gold?

There are two common methods to test gold for its purity, Acid Test Kits and Electronic Testing Kits. However, any acid testing will lose some small amount of gold.