Convert Carats to Kilograms
1 carat is 0.0002 kg. One carat is exactly 0.0002 kilograms.
One carat is 2.0000 × 10^-4 kilograms. To convert carats to kilograms, multiply by 2.0000 × 10^-4; to go the other way, divide by 2.0000 × 10^-4 or multiply by 5000. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 44. Exactly 200 milligrams, fixed by international agreement in 1907 after centuries of local carats.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Carats × 2.0000 × 10^-4
1 * 0.00020 kg
1 carat in every weight unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| ounces | 0.00705479239 oz | × 0.00705479238992 |
| pounds | 0.0004409245244 lb | × 0.00044092452437 |
| stone | 0.00003149460888 st | × 0.0000314946088836 |
| US tons | 0.0000002204622622 ton | × 0.000000220462262185 |
| micrograms | 200,000 mcg | × 200,000 |
| milligrams | 200 mg | × 200 |
| centigrams | 20 cg | × 20 |
| grams | 0.2 g | × 0.2 |
| kilograms | 0.0002 kg | × 0.0002 |
| slugs | 0.00001370435317 slug | × 0.0000137043531714 |
| tonnes | 0.0000002 t | × 0.0000002 |
| carats (as entered) | 1 ct | — |
| troy ounces | 0.006430149314 ozt | × 0.00643014931373 |
| grains | 3.086471671 gr | × 3.08647167059 |
| long tons | 0.0000001968413055 LT | × 0.000000196841305522 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 44 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert carats to kilograms? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in carats.
- 2.Multiply by 2.0000 × 10^-4 — that is how many kilograms fit in one carat.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 2.0000 × 10^-4, or multiply by 5000.
Worked example: 25 carats to kilograms
- Formula
- ct × 2.0000 × 10^-4 = kg
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 2.0000 × 10^-4 = 0.01 kg
- Answer
- 25 ct = 0.01 kg
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Carats to kilograms conversion table
| Carats | Kilograms |
|---|---|
| 1 ct | 0.0002 kg |
| 2 ct | 0.0004 kg |
| 3 ct | 0.0006 kg |
| 4 ct | 0.0008 kg |
| 5 ct | 0.001 kg |
| 6 ct | 0.0012 kg |
| 7 ct | 0.0014 kg |
| 8 ct | 0.0016 kg |
| 9 ct | 0.0018 kg |
| 10 ct | 0.002 kg |
| 12 ct | 0.0024 kg |
| 15 ct | 0.003 kg |
| 20 ct | 0.004 kg |
| 25 ct | 0.01 kg |
| 50 ct | 0.01 kg |
| 100 ct | 0.02 kg |
| 200 ct | 0.04 kg |
| 300 ct | 0.06 kg |
| 500 ct | 0.1 kg |
| 1000 ct | 0.2 kg |
| 2000 ct | 0.4 kg |
| 5000 ct | 1 kg |
| 10000 ct | 2 kg |
What is a carat?
Exactly 200 milligrams, fixed by international agreement in 1907 after centuries of local carats. It weighs a gemstone; the karat that grades gold is a different word for a different thing — purity in twenty-fourths.
What is a kilogram?
The SI base unit of mass, defined since 2019 by fixing the Planck constant rather than by a metal cylinder in Paris.
How many kilograms are in a carat?
One carat is 2.0000 × 10^-4 kilograms. Going the other way, one kilogram is 5000 carats. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every weight unit here
The whole group — 15 units with their symbols and the size of each one in kilograms — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a carat.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many kilograms are in a carat?
- 2.0000 × 10^-4. The SI base unit of mass, defined since 2019 by fixing the Planck constant rather than by a metal cylinder in Paris.
- How do I convert kilograms back to carats?
- Divide by 2.0000 × 10^-4, or multiply by 5000 — they are the same operation.
Other weight conversions
Kilograms to carats — the same conversion the other way.