Gages Used in the US

U.S.S.W.G. - U.S. Steel Wire Gage, also called National Wire Gage (N.W.G.), Washburn and Moen --Gage (W.G.) etc. Used exclusively for steel. A.W.G. - American Wire Gage, also called Brown and Sharpe Wire Gage (B. & S.). Used --exclusively for non-ferrous metals. M.S.G. - U.S. Manufacturers' Standard Gage. Used for iron and steel sheets and plates. U.S.G. - U.S. Standard Gage. Used for stainless steel sheet. Others - B.W.G. and Stubs Steel Wire Gauge are also in use in the U.S.A.© Tom Martin 2001

No. AWG USSWG MSG USG 7/0 6/0 5/0 4/0 3/0 2/0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  - - - 46000 40960 36480 32490 28930 25760 22940 20430 18190 16200 14430 12850 11440 10190 09074 08081 07196 06408 05707 05082 04526 04030 03589 03196 02846 02535  - - - - - - 3065 2830 2625 2437 2253 2070 1920 1770 1620 1483 1350 1205 1055 0915 0800 0720 0625 0540 0475 0410 0348 0317 0286  4783 4484 4185 3886 3587 3288 2990 2690 2541 2391 2242 2092 1943 1793 1644 1495 1345 1196 1046 0897 0747 0673 0598 0538 0478 0418 0359 0329 0299  5000 4688 4375 4063 3750 3438 3125 2813 2656 2500 2344 2188 2031 1875 1719 1563 1406 1250 1094 0938 0781 0703 0625 0563 0500 0438 0375 0344 0313  No. AWG USSWG MSG USG 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 00 022570 020100 017900 015940 014200 012640 011260 010030 008928 007950 007080 006304 005615 005000 004453 003965 003531 003145 - - - - - - - - - - 0258 0230 0204 0181 0173 0162 0150 0140 0132 0128 0118 0104 0095 0090 0085 0080 0075 0070 0066 0062 0060 0058 0055 0052 0050 0048 0046 0044 0000 0269 0239 0209 0179 0164 0149 0135 0120 0105 0097 0090 0082 0075 0067 0064 0060 0056 - - - - - - - - - - - 0281 0250 0219 0188 0172 0156 0141 0125 0109 0102 0094 0086 0078 0070 0066 0063 0059 - - - - - - - - - - -

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