As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Imperial sheet metal thickness.
Metal sheet thickness is measured in gauge.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh 41 82 0 1345 5 625 pounds per square foot.
Gauge to thickness chart gauge stainless galvanized sheet steel aluminum fraction inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 30 0 0125 0 33 0 0157 0 40 0 0120 0 30 0 0100 0 25.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
Imperial equivalent in mm.
The story of gauge.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0.
The table below provides conversion to inches.
The corresponding galvanized steel thickness is 0 0366 inches 0 93mm and the corresponding aluminum thickness is 0 028 inches 0 71mm.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
Standard metric sheet in mm.
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Sheet metal gauge size chart gauge or gage sizes are numbers that indicate the thickness of a piece of sheet metal with a higher number referring to a thinner sheet.
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A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal.
The chart below shows the imperial standard sheet gauge definition with its metric equivalent and today s commercially available ferrous mild steel zintec galvanised steel stainless steel alloys and non ferrous aluminium alloys brass copper sheet.
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Wire conductor sizes are also measured in gauge and are equivalent to the non ferrous thicknesses listed below but we have an article specific to wire gauge.