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Century Casting Company, Inc. 7 West 45th Street, Floor 7 New
York NY 10036 800-997-8290 212-840-8303 Fax:
212-840-2318 | Specializing in Platinum casting
Weight converstion
charts for metals |
Material Choice: The choice of metal vs. cost may be factored
with the following tables:
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| Basic weights: |
20 DWT (pennyweights) = 1 ounce Pennyweights (DWT) x 1.55 = Weight
in grams 1 pennyweight (1 DWT) = 1.55 grams White gold and 14k yellow
Gold both weigh the same
14k and white Gold are 13 times heaver than wax 18k
Gold weighs 20% more than 14K Gold Platinum weighs 70% more than 14k Gold | |
| Wax to weight conversions |
Wax weight x 13 = 14k Gold Wax weight x 16 = 18k Gold Wax
weight x 23 = Platinum | |
| Gold / Silver to
Platinum conversion |
Metal / Wax weights in DWT |
X |
Conversion factor |
= |
Platinum DWT (Approximate) |
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| Wax |
X |
23 |
= |
Platinum DWT |
| Sterling Silver |
X |
2.049 |
= |
Platinum DWT |
| 14K yellow / white |
X |
1.67 |
= |
Platinum DWT |
| 18k yellow / white |
X |
1.402 |
= |
Platinum DWT | |
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