American Wire Gauge (AWG) | Diameter (mils) (10-3 in) | Area (circular mils) (CM) (mil2) | Area (mm2) | Diameter (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
0000 (4/0) | 460 | 211592 | 107 | 11.7 |
000 (3/0) | 410 | 167800 | 85.0 | 10.4 |
00 (2/0) | 365 | 133072 | 67.4 | 9.27 |
0 (1/0) | 325 | 105531 | 53.5 | 8.25 |
1 | 289 | 83690 | 42.4 | 7.35 |
2 | 258 | 66369 | 33.6 | 6.54 |
3 | 229 | 52633 | 26.7 | 5.83 |
4 | 204 | 41740 | 21.2 | 5.19 |
5 | 182 | 33101 | 16.8 | 4.62 |
6 | 162 | 26251 | 13.3 | 4.12 |
7 | 144 | 20818 | 10.5 | 3.67 |
8 | 128 | 16509 | 8.37 | 3.26 |
9 | 114 | 13092 | 6.63 | 2.91 |
10 | 102 | 10383 | 5.26 | 2.59 |
11 | 90.7 | 8234 | 4.17 | 2.31 |
12 | 80.8 | 6530 | 3.31 | 2.05 |
13 | 72.0 | 5178 | 2.62 | 1.83 |
14 | 64.1 | 4107 | 2.08 | 1.63 |
15 | 57.1 | 3257 | 1.65 | 1.45 |
16 | 50.8 | 2583 | 1.31 | 1.29 |
17 | 45.3 | 2048 | 1.04 | 1.15 |
18 | 40.3 | 1624 | 0.823 | 1.02 |
20 | 32.0 | 1022 | 0.518 | 0.812 |
21 | 28.5 | 810 | 0.410 | 0.723 |
22 | 25.3 | 642 | 0.326 | 0.644 |
23 | 22.6 | 510 | 0.258 | 0.573 |
24 | 20.1 | 404 | 0.205 | 0.511 |
25 | 17.9 | 320 | 0.162 | 0.455 |
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Diameter in inches can be calculated from AWG as
din = 0.005 92(36 - n)/39 (1)
where
din = diameter (inches)
n = gauge
Diameter in mm can be calculated from AWG as
dmm = 0.127 92(36 - n)/39 (1b)
where
dmm = diameter (mm)
n = gauge
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