There remained, then, only two possible solutions of the question, which created two distinct parties: on one side, those who were for a monster of colossal strength; on the other, those who were for a submarine vessel of enormous motive power.
Gold is the most malleable of all metals; a single gram can be beaten into a sheet of 1 square meter, and an avoirdupois ounce into 300 square feet. Gold leaf can be beaten thin enough to become semi-transparent.
Both gold and silver are sold as alloys because their pure forms are too soft for jewelery, so their relative weights could be almost identical. 10 and 14 karat gold which is most typically sold for jewelery is less than half and just over half gold respectively. 24 karat is pure gold. The rest of the alloy in gold jewelery is half silver and half copper. <br />. Sterling Silver is alloyed with around 8% copper to make it tougher.