Related product s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Steel sheet gauge size chart.
Use our handy chart to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
Standard gauges of sheet metal chart.
The gauge number 18.
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Please note that astm states in specification astm a480 10a the use of gage number is discouraged as being an archaic term of limited usefulness not having general agreement on.
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.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
The following sheet metal gauge size reference chart gives the weight and thickness of sheet metal given as a gauge sometimes spelled gage and indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal and wire for most materials as the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.