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From: Peter W . Rowe Date: Fri Jul 22 00:05:18 2005 |
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========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ]======== > Well, let's see- the density of silver is 10.5 g/cc, while > there are 28.375 grams in an ounce, so how many cc's in an ounce of > silver is 28.375/10.5=3D 2.702 cc/oz That works for avoirdupois ounces. But precious metals are weighed in troy ounces, which contain 31.1 grams per ounce... Cunfusing stuff. Sure would be nice if the whole precious metals industry just switched to metric, and we bought metals by the gram, leaving the whole silly troy ounce system to the history books. Peter ____________________________________________________________________ T h e O r c h i d L i s t Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures ____________________________________________________________________ Orchid FAQ: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm Orchid Archives: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive Orchid Galleries: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm Invite a Friend: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ____________________________________________________________________ Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books Buy Orchid Jewelry: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ____________________________________________________________________ -Unsubscribe: -Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank ____________________________________________________________________ |
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