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  2. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    Bullion coins are the most common products produced and marketed in troy ounces, but precious metal bars also exist in gram and kilogram (kg) sizes. (A kilogram bullion bar contains 32.151 troy ounces.) For historical measurement of gold, a fine ounce is a troy ounce of pure gold content in a gold bar, computed as fineness multiplied by gross ...

  3. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    A fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl., old forms ℥, fl ℥, f℥, ƒ ℥) is a unit of volume (also called capacity) typically used for measuring liquids. The British Imperial , the United States customary , and the United States food labeling fluid ounce are the three that are still in common use, although various definitions ...

  4. Gram - Wikipedia

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    The gram (originally gramme; [1] SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.. Originally defined in 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre [1 cm 3], and at the temperature of melting ice", [2] the defining temperature (≈0 °C) was later changed to 4 °C ...

  5. Troy weight - Wikipedia

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    One-troy-ounce (480 gr; 31 g) samples of germanium, iron, aluminium, rhenium and osmium A Good Delivery silver bar weighing 1,000 troy ounces (83 troy pounds; 31 kg) Troy weight is a system of units of mass that originated in the Kingdom of England in the 15th century [1] and is primarily used in the precious metals industry.

  6. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    Units used are pounds, ounces, and fluid ounces. Common sizes are also used, such as can (presumed size varies depending on product), jar , square (e.g. of chocolate), stick (e.g. of butter), or portion of fruit or vegetable (e.g. a half lemon, two medium onions).

  7. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]

  8. Pennyweight - Wikipedia

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    1.55517384 g Irish gold pistole , bearing its weight (4 dwt 7 gr ) ( National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History ) A pennyweight ( dwt ) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains , 1 ⁄ 20 of a troy ounce , 1 ⁄ 240 of a troy pound, 48 ⁄ 875 avoirdupois ounce [ 1 ] and exactly 1.55517384 grams . [ 2 ]

  9. Equivalent weight - Wikipedia

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    For example, 50 g of zinc will react with oxygen to produce 62.24 g of zinc oxide, implying that the zinc has reacted with 12.24 g of oxygen (from the Law of conservation of mass): the equivalent weight of zinc is the mass which will react with eight grams of oxygen, hence 50 g × 8 g/12.24 g = 32.7 g.