AWG to Sq.mm & Diameter Table
American Wire Gauge(AWG)
Equation
diameter [mm] = 0.127 * 92 ^ ((36-AWG)/39)
AWG = -(ln (diameter [mm]/0.127) / (ln (92) * 39) - 36)
American Wire Gauge |
Diameter |
Diameter |
Cross Sectional Area(sq.mm) |
Common metric equivalent(sq.mm) |
0000 |
0.46 |
11.68 |
107.16 |
|
000 |
0.4096 |
10.40 |
84.97 |
|
00 |
0.3648 |
9.27 |
67.40 |
|
0 |
0.3249 |
8.25 |
53.46 |
|
1 |
0.2893 |
7.35 |
42.39 |
35.0 |
2 |
0.2576 |
6.54 |
33.61 |
35.0 |
3 |
0.2294 |
5.83 |
26.65 |
|
4 |
0.2043 |
5.19 |
21.14 |
25.0 |
5 |
0.1819 |
4.62 |
16.76 |
|
6 |
0.162 |
4.11 |
13.29 |
16.0 |
7 |
0.1443 |
3.67 |
10.55 |
|
8 |
0.1285 |
3.26 |
8.36 |
10.0 |
9 |
0.1144 |
2.91 |
6.63 |
|
10 |
0.1019 |
2.59 |
5.26 |
6.0 |
11 |
0.0907 |
2.30 |
4.17 |
4.0 |
12 |
0.0808 |
2.05 |
3.31 |
2.5 |
13 |
0.072 |
1.83 |
2.63 |
2.5 |
14 |
0.0641 |
1.63 |
2.08 |
2.5 |
15 |
0.0571 |
1.45 |
1.65 |
1.5 |
16 |
0.0508 |
1.29 |
1.31 |
1.5 |
17 |
0.0453 |
1.15 |
1.04 |
1.0 |
18 |
0.0403 |
1.02 |
0.82 |
0.75 |
19 |
0.0359 |
0.91 |
0.65 |
|
20 |
0.032 |
0.81 |
0.52 |
0.5 |
21 |
0.0285 |
0.72 |
0.41 |
|
22 |
0.0254 |
0.65 |
0.33 |
|
23 |
0.0226 |
0.57 |
0.26 |
|
24 |
0.0201 |
0.51 |
0.20 |
|
25 |
0.0179 |
0.45 |
0.16 |
|