Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.
Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.
It’s 18 karat, not 24, so 75% gold and 25% probably silver.
That makes it a significantly harder alloy than pure gold.
the carat is such a horrendous unit, why can’t we just start saying 75% gold
it’s insane that a unit can be a measurement of mass in one case and a measurement of purity in another
Carrots aren’t awful, they help you see in the dark.
More seriously, they should donate this to a museum and have a regular toilet. Rich scum.
Interestingly in the US it isn’t, gold is measured in Karat (k/Kt), and Carat (ct) is the unit of weight.
1 Karat is 1/24th gold, 1 Carat is 200 milligrams.
The pound is a unit of mass, of force, and of currency.
Not from a scientific perspective, no. It would just be a measurement of currency.
Mass is measured in grams, force is measured in Newtons.
It’s probably purposeful obscurity, a marketing move for gold and jewelry.
Other alloys are described as ratios of elements.
At least I am starting to see carat fall out of use as a unit of weight, maybe from diamond manufacturing slowly making diamonds more of a commodity product.
It’ll probably take until we stop obsessing over gold before we can get rid of karat.
Or standardize alloys: nice 1337 gold alloy ring.