Grams in a troy ounce?

Here, you are gonna learn the difference between an ounce, a troy ounce, and how many grams are in a troy ounce.

Now, if you're already a heavy buyer of precious metals like gold and silver you probably already know what a troy ounce is, but if you're just getting into precious metals or if you're just curious about the difference between an ounce and a troy ounce, we're gonna explain it to you in this article. 

What is the difference between a troy ounce and an ounce?

Let's talk about ounces and troy ounces. So, ounces are what we use to measure everyday things like fruit and vegetables. If you go to the grocery store, fruits and veggies would be measured in regular ounces. Or, let's say you have a child, then your child weighs 7 pounds 2 ounces, those are regular ounces and those are actually called avoirdupois ounces. It's a French word and a lot of people mispronounce it. 

We know that there are, 16 ounces in 1 pound. 

1 lb = 16 oz

"oz" is the abbreviation for regular ounces.

We can also convert regular ounces into grams.

1 oz = 28.3495 g

Then, what about troy ounces? Regular ounces weigh regular things and troy ounces weigh precious metals. Precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, and palladium need to be weighed in troy ounces. A troy ounce is actually a little bit heavier than a regular ounce. 

When troy ounces are converted into grams, it's about ten percent heavier for a troy ounce.

1 oz t = 31.1035 g

Precisely, there are 31.1035 grams in a troy ounce. 

Here, "oz t" is the abbreviation for troy ounces.

Is a troy pound the same as a pound?

Also, we already know that 1 lb = 16 oz. Is a troy pound the same as a pound? If not, how many troy ounces in a troy pound? 

Well, there actually aren't 16 troy ounces in a troy pound. There are only 12. Therefore troy pound and the regular pound are not the same.

1 lb t = 12 oz t

Here, "lb t" is the abbreviation for troy pounds.

So, if you are buying a troy pound of silver, that would only be 12 troy ounces. What's really interesting is that a troy ounce weighs more than a regular ounce but a regular pound weighs more than a troy pound.

Another interesting fact is that on electronic scales, we can switch between regular ounces and troy ounces. Maybe, you haven't noticed that up until now. But, if you look closely, you will notice the "oz" and "oz t". Typically, professional digital scales let you choose from grams, ounces, troy ounces, grains, pennyweight, and carats.