How Do You Convert Ounces To Grams?
There are actually two different measures of weight called ounces. The everyday ounce that is 1/16 of a pound is one. The other is the Troy ounce (named for the city of Troy, France, where it was first used). Troy ounces are a bit bigger than regular ounces and are used to measure gold, silver and other precious metals. In the metric system, the basic measure of mass is the gram. Sometimes you need to convert either regular or Troy ounces to grams, which is easy once you know how. Know the different units of measure. It takes 16 regular ounces to make up 1 pound (the official name of this kind of ounce is the Avoirdupois ounce). It is equal to 28.35 grams. A Troy ounce is bigger and is equal to 31.10 grams. When scientists were developing the metric system in 1790, they defined a gram as the mass of pure water contained in exactly 1 cubic centimeter. Convert regular ounces to grams by multiply the number of ounces by 28.35. For example, if you put an object on a scale and it weighs 3.2
