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Thickness of metals is measured in 'wire gauge'
Note:American Wire Gauge (AWG) is the same as 'Brown
& Sharpe'.
There are other gauges about, such as Stubs', Stubs' Steel,
US standard plate, etc. etc.
Wire Gauges - diameters in inches
| Gauge
| Standard
Wire
Gauge
SWG
| Birmingham
Wire
Gauge
BWG
| Brown
and
Sharp
B & S (AWG)
| Washburn
and
Moen
W & M
|
| 7/0
| 0.5000
|
|
|
|
| 6/0
| 0.464
|
|
|
|
| 5/0
| 0.432
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4/0
| 0.400
| 0.454
| 0.4600
| 0.393
|
| 3/0
| 0.372
| 0.425
| 0.40964
| 0.362
|
| 2/0
| 0.348
| 0.380
| 0.3648
| 0.331
|
| 1/0 *
| 0.324
| 0.340
| 0.32495
| 0.307
|
|
|
| 1
| 0.300
| 0.300
| 0.2893
| 0.283
|
| 2
| 0.276
| 0.284
| 0.25763
| 0.263
|
| 3
| 0.252
| 0.259
| 0.22942
| 0.244
|
| 4
| 0.232
| 0.238
| 0.20431
| 0.225
|
|
|
| 5
| 0.212
| 0.220
| 0.18194
| 0.207
|
| 6
| 0.192
| 0.203
| 0.16202
| 0.192
|
| 7
| 0.176
| 0.180
| 0.14428
| 0.177
|
| 8
| 0.160
| 0.165
| 0.12849
| 0.162
|
| 9
| 0.144
| 0.148
| 0.11443
| 0.148
|
|
|
| 10
| 0.128
| 0.134
| 0.10189
| 0.135
|
| 11
| 0.116
| 0.120
| 0.09074
| 0.120
|
| 12
| 0.104
| 0.109
| 0.08081
| 0.105
|
| 13
| 0.092
| 0.095
| 0.07196
| 0.092
|
| 14
| 0.080
| 0.083
| 0.06408
| 0.080
|
|
|
| 15
| 0.072
| 0.072
| 0.05707
| 0.072
|
| 16
| 0.064
| 0.065
| 0.05082
| 0.063
|
| 17
| 0.056
| 0.058
| 0.04526
| 0.054
|
| 18
| 0.048
| 0.049
| 0.0403
| 0.047
|
| 19
| 0.040
| 0.042
| 0.03589
| 0.041
|
|
|
| 20
| 0.036
| 0.035
| 0.03196
| 0.035
|
| 21
| 0.032
| 0.032
| 0.02846
| 0.032
|
| 22
| 0.028
| 0.028
| 0.025347
| 0.028
|
| 23
| 0.024
| 0.025
| 0.022571
| 0.025
|
| 24
| 0.022
| 0.022
| 0.0201
| 0.023
|
|
|
| 25
| 0.020
| 0.020
| 0.0179
| 0.020
|
| 26
| 0.018
| 0.018
| 0.01594
| 0.018
|
| 27
| 0.0164
| 0.016
| 0.014195
| 0.017
|
| 28
| 0.0148
| 0.014
| 0.012641
| 0.016
|
| 29
| 0.0136
| 0.013
| 0.011257
| 0.015
|
|
|
| 30
| 0.0124
| 0.012
| 0.010025
| 0.014
|
| 31
| 0.0116
| 0.010
| 0.008928
| 0.0132
|
| 32
| 0.0108
| 0.009
| 0.00795
| 0.0128
|
| 33
| 0.0100
| 0.008
| 0.00708
| 0.0118
|
| 34
| 0.0092
| 0.007
| 0.0063
| 0.0104
|
|
|
| 35
| 0.0084
| 0.005
| 0.00561
| 0.0095
|
| 36
| 0.0076
| 0.004
| 0.0050
| 0.0090
|
| 37
| 0.0068
|
| 0.00445
| 0.0085
|
| 38
| 0.0060
|
| 0.003965
| 0.0080
|
| 39
| 0.0052
|
| 0.003531
| 0.0075
|
|
|
| 40
| 0.0048
|
| 0.003144
| 0.0070
|
| 41
| 0.0044
|
|
| 0.0066
|
| 42
| 0.0040
|
|
| 0.0062
|
| 43
| 0.0036
|
|
| 0.0060
|
| 44
| 0.0032
|
|
| 0.0058
|
|
|
| 45
| 0.0028
|
|
| 0.0055
|
| 46
| 0.0024
|
|
| 0.0052
|
| 47
| 0.0020
|
|
| 0.0050
|
| 48
| 0.0016
|
|
| 0.0048
|
| 49
| 0.0012
|
|
| 0.0046
|
|
|
| 50
| 0.0010
|
|
| 0.0044
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* 1/0 is also known as just 0
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