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11 gauge steel in inches.
Sheet steel aluminum fraction.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
11 ga stainless steel is 0 118 inches thick or if you stack 11 pieces of 11 ga stainless steel it would be one inch thick.
The chart below can be used to determine the equivalent sheet thickness in inches or millimeters for a gauge number from the selected gauge size standard.
0 0187 0 452 0 0217 0 55 0 0179 0 45 0 0159 40 25.
Use our handy chart to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Approximate thickness in millimeters.
Sheet metal gauges work opposite to what one might consider the norm.
For the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the united states of america namely.
Gauge to thickness chart gauge stainless galvanized sheet steel aluminum fraction inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 30 0 0125 0 33 0 0157 0 40 0 0120 0 30 0 0100 0 25.
Inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 26.
0 0219 0 56 0 0247 0 63 0 0209 0 53.
Hence 4 gauge material is thicker than 6 gauge material.
The smaller the number the thicker the material.
Mesteel steel thickness conversion tables tables.
Standard 11 gauge steel is 0 1196 inches thick and galvanized 11 gauge steel is 0 1233 inches thick according to the university of north carolina at chap.
The weight per unit area of the sheet can also be seen in pounds per square foot and kilograms per square meter.
Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch.
Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
Converting sheet metal gauge to thickness in inches.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.