1, thousands of gold refers to gold with a purity of 99.9%. The gold content is very high, there are basically no other impurities, the texture is soft, and it is not easy to process or carve. If it is used as jewelry, it is only suitable for simple styles.
2. 18K gold refers to 75% gold and 25% other metals. Rose gold and lottery gold are basically 18K gold in China. 18K contains 25% other different metals, so it can display red, yellow and other colors. In 18K, except white, red is called rose gold, and several colors mixed together are called colored gold. 18K is a kind of gold widely used for setting gems, because of its high hardness and good ductility.
3. The gold content in14k gold is 14/24* 100%=58.3%.
What is the gold content of 4.23k gold? 23/24* 100%=95.8%
Extended data
1, aesthetic difference
From the aesthetic point of view, there are many styles and colors of K gold, which is easier to match with different colors of clothing to achieve better decorative effect. Young girls can choose solid K gold, which looks generous and sincere, while older women can choose colored K gold, which looks good and looks young. In addition, K gold has a wide range of choices. Pure gold is single in color and soft in texture, so it is impossible to make various styles of jewelry.
2. Value difference
The price of pure gold is higher than that of K-gold, because the gold content of pure gold is higher than that of K-gold, that is to say, the purity of pure gold is higher than that of K-gold, so pure gold has the function of preserving and appreciating value, but K-gold does not have these values. From the perspective of investment appreciation, the value of pure gold is higher than that of K gold. So different people have different needs to see what they want, if they are buying precious metals.
If you come to invest, the value of pure gold is still good. If it looks good, K gold jewelry is a good choice. . Gold has the characteristics of hedging and fighting inflation. Generally speaking, gold has the function of preserving value. K gold is an alloy of gold and other metals. Although it contains a certain amount of gold, K gold jewelry is usually not used for value preservation, and K gold has no value preservation function.
Therefore, compared with gold, K gold is certainly more valuable, but not all gold has the function of preserving value. If you buy gold jewelry, its price is gold price plus manual fee. Generally, the processing fee of gold jewelry is 1%-5%, but when you sell the gold jewelry you are going to buy, you can only sell it according to the discounted market net gold price, and generally only the gold price rises 10%.
In fact, gold jewelry can only protect the capital. If you want to preserve and increase the value, it is not recommended to buy gold jewelry. If investing, you can choose paper gold, gold futures, gold stocks and so on. It is well known that gold can be recycled, especially on the street, where you can often see some small shops that recycle gold, and most gold brands also provide recycling services. Although the price of some 18K gold ornaments is similar to that of gold ornaments, they are rarely seen.
Some have recovered 18K gold, even though the recovery price is much lower than that of gold. The main reason is that the process of extracting gold from K gold is difficult and the gold content is not as high as that of gold. Moreover, K gold jewelry belongs to decorative jewelry, and its value is mainly reflected in aesthetics. It belongs to consumer goods and has no recycling value.
Baidu encyclopedia-18k gold
Baidu encyclopedia-14k gold
Baidu encyclopedia-thousands of gold