. K stands for carat. It is a unit used to measure the purity of gold. What is the meaning of 22 K and 18K gold?
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It means it contains 22K and 18K pure gold respectively. The rest is some form of impurity (mainly copper or silver).
Explanation:
1K=200 mg. It is used to find the purity of precious metals or gemstones. The carat is divisible into 100 points of 2 mg. It considers the metal as total of 24 parts and represents the quality of gold as number of parts of gold from a total of 24 parts. 24 karat gold means pure gold, which means 24 of 24 parts of the alloy is gold, making it pure gold.
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Explanation:
22 karat gold contains 22 parts gold and 2 parts of other metals added as alloy. 21 karat gold contains 21 parts gold with three parts of other metals added. 18 karat gold contains 18 parts pure gold with 6 parts of other metals added. ... 24 k gold is expressed as 1000 parts out of 1000 pure or fineness 1.000.07-