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How pure is 16-karat gold?

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About 67% because karats are on a scale of 1-24 with 24 being pure gold,

so 16/24.

Zoltan answered Dec 3, 2022

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here

Explanation:

16 karat gold is 16 parts gold to 8 parts other material for a pure gold percentage of 67%.

Satish Modha answered Dec 7, 2022

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