Standard Steel Sheet Thickness

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

Standard steel sheet thickness.

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. The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements. Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge. Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.

Offers hot and cold rolled steel sheet and hot and cold rolled steel plate in a broad range of lengths widths gauges alloys and specifications to meet your material requirements. 16 ga crs is 2 5 pounds per square foot. We stock steel sheet and plate in 36 48 and 60 widths and in 96 120 and 144 lengths. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.

Standard specification for steel sheet hot rolled carbon commercial structural and high strength low alloy and ultra high strength produced by twin roll casting process. In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. A1039 a1039m 20.

The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel. Industrial metal supply co. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.

Number of gauge approximate thickness in fractions of an inch. Steel plate thickness and weight imperial units 1 in 25 4 mm 1 lb ft2 4 88 kg m2 steel sheets and plates are typical stocked in 36 48 and 60 widths and 96 120 and 144 lengths. Gauge differs between ferrous iron based metals and nonferrous metals such as aluminum or copper.