Question

How many carats is pure gold?
A. 22 carats
B. 24 carats
C. 23 carats
D. 100 carats

Answer 1

Carat is a term used to measure the purity of the metal. If the value of carat is high means that much pure metal is. Gold is soft in its pure state. To make gold strengthen copper, nickel is added in the composition of the gold.

Complete step by step answer:
- Generally the quality of the gold is measured on a scale of 0-24 carats.
- Minimum accepted quality of the gold is 9 carats.
- 24 carats gold is the purest form of gold.
- Therefore 24 carats is pure gold available in the market.

- So, the correct option is B.

Additional information:
- We can say that Carat is the measurement of the ratio of gold to other metals like copper, nickel present in it.
- In 24 carats gold there is no presence of any other metals other than gold.
- So, the composition of the pure gold is called 24 carats.
- 24 carats is nothing but 99.9 % purity. There is no high pure form of gold other than 24 carats.

Note: The cost of 22 carats or 18 carats gold is low when compared to 24 carats gold because they are not pure forms of gold, they contain some amount of metals like copper, nickel and silver in it. In 22 carats gold 22 parts of the gold mixed with 2 parts of the different metals such as zinc and copper.