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.
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 |