Wire Gauge (Wire No.)
Note 1) SWG=British Imperial Standard Wire Gauge BWG=Birmingham (or Stubs Iron) Wire Gauge Gauge Nos. and diameters below are quoted from American Iron and Steel Institute's "Steel Products Manual 1963" translated and published in Japan. The wire diameter of each gauge is principally shown by inches, which is converted to the metric size shown in the table. |
Wire Gauge | S. W. G. | |||
Diameter | Sectional Area mm |
Length of 1 kg Wire m |
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mm | in. | |||
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
8.23 7.62 7.01 6.40 5.893 5.385 4.877 4.470 4.064 3.658 3.251 2.946 2.642 2.337 2.032 1.829 1.626 1.422 1.219 1.016 0.9144 0.8128 0.7112 0.6096 0.5588 |
0.324 0.300 0.276 0.252 0.232 0.212 0.192 0.176 0.160 0.144 0.128 0.116 0.104 0.092 0.080 0.072 0.064 0.056 0.048 0.040 0.036 0.032 0.028 0.024 0.022 |
53.197 45.604 38.595 32.170 27.275 22.775 18.680 15.693 12.972 10.509 8.301 6.816 5.482 4.290 3.243 2.627 2.076 1.583 1.167 0.8107 0.6567 0.5189 0.3973 0.2919 0.2452 |
2.39 2.79 3.29 3.96 4.67 5.58 6.81 8.11 9.81 12.11 15.33 18.67 23.21 29.66 39.23 48.43 61.26 80.37 109.00 157.20 193.70 245.10 320.20 435.90 518.80 |
Wire Gauge | S. W. G. | |||
Diameter | Sectional Area mm |
Length of 1 kg Wire m |
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mm | in. | |||
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 |
0.5080 0.4572 0.4166 0.3759 0.3454 0.3150 0.2946 0.2743 0.2540 0.2337 0.2134 0.1930 0.1727 0.1524 0.1321 0.1219 0.1118 0.1016 0.0914 0.0813 0.0711 0.0610 0.0508 0.0406 0.0305 0.0254 |
0.020 0.018 0.0164 0.0148 0.0136 0.0124 0.0116 0.0108 0.0100 0.0092 0.0084 0.0076 0.0068 0.0060 0.0052 0.0048 0.0044 0.0040 0.0036 0.0032 0.0028 0.0024 0.0020 0.0016 0.0012 0.0010 |
0.2027 0.1642 0.1363 0.1110 0.0937 0.0780 0.0682 0.0591 0.0507 0.0429 0.0358 0.0293 0.0234 0.0182 0.0137 0.0117 0.0098 0.0081 0.0066 0.0052 0.0040 0.0029 0.0020 0.0013 0.0007 0.0005 |
627.60 774.80 933.40 1,146.00 1,358.00 1,631.00 1,865.00 2,153.00 2,509.00 2,965.00 3,553.00 4,347.00 5,437.00 6,990.00 9,287.00 10,900.00 12,980.00 15,720.00 19,370.00 24,460.00 31,810.00 43,870.00 63,610.00 97,860.00 181,800.00 254,500.00 |
Wire Gauge | B. W. G. | |||
Diameter | Sectional Area mm |
Length of 1 kg Wire m |
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mm | in. | |||
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 |
8.64 7.62 7.21 6.58 6.045 5.588 5.156 4.572 4.191 3.759 3.404 3.048 2.769 2.413 2.108 1.829 1.651 1.473 1.245 1.067 0.8839 0.8128 0.7112 0.6350 0.5588 0.5080 0.4572 0.4064 0.3556 0.3302 0.3048 0.2540 0.2286 0.2032 0.1778 0.1270 0.1016 |
0.340 0.300 0.284 0.259 0.238 0.220 0.203 0.180 0.165 0.148 0.134 0.120 0.109 0.095 0.083 0.072 0.065 0.058 0.049 0.042 0.035 0.032 0.028 0.025 0.022 0.020 0.018 0.016 0.014 0.013 0.012 0.010 0.009 0.008 0.007 0.005 0.004 |
58.630 45.604 40.828 34.005 28.700 24.525 20.879 16.417 13.795 11.098 9.100 7.297 6.022 4.572 3.490 2.627 2.141 1.704 1.217 0.894 0.614 0.5189 0.3973 0.3167 0.2452 0.2027 0.1642 0.1297 0.0993 0.0856 0.0730 0.0507 0.0410 0.0324 0.0248 0.0127 0.0081 |
2.17 2.79 3.12 3.74 4.43 5.19 6.09 7.74 9.22 11.46 13.97 17.43 21.12 28.09 36.46 48.43 59.42 74.66 104.50 141.30 207.20 245.10 320.20 401.70 518.80 627.60 774.80 980.90 1,281.90 1,486.00 1,743.00 2,509.00 3,103.00 3,923.00 5,130.00 10,020.00 15,720.00 |
1ton/in.=1.5754kg/mm2 1lbs/in2=0.000703kg/mm2 0.9842T=1Long T.
1T=10160Long T. 1Long T.=2240lbs