Karat yog ib qho alloy ntawm kub fused nrog lwm yam hlau Lub "K" ntawm kub yog lub derivation ntawm txawv teb chaws lo lus "Karat", ua tiav kev qhia: Karat kub, "AU" los yog "G" yog ib tug thoob ntiaj teb lub cim siv los qhia lub purity ntawm kub (piv txwv li, tus nqi ntawm kub nyob rau hauv lub kub. nws) Rose kub hniav nyiaj hniav kub yog tus yam ntxwv ntawm cov kub tsawg, tsis tshua muaj nqi, thiab tuaj yeem ua rau ntau yam xim, thiab txhim kho hardness, tsis yooj yim rau deformation thiab hnav. K kub raws li tus nqi ntawm cov kub thiab cov ntsiab lus 24K kub, 22K kub, 18K kub, 9K kub.
K cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub nrog cov qauv zoo nkauj thiab qab zib, hnav thiab yuav tsis muaj lub nra hnyav rau koj lub dab teg lossis caj dab lossis pob ntseg. Cov ntaub ntawv muaj kev nyab xeeb no muaj rhiab heev thiab oxidation tsis kam, tsis muaj kev phom sij rau kev noj qab haus huv.