Brass Sheet Metal Gauge Thickness

Metal sheet thickness is measured in gauge.

Brass sheet metal gauge thickness.

In an earlier article we took a look at the standard gauges for steel sheet. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal not applicable for zinc. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. Take for instance 12 gauge thickness across the material types listed below.

Wire conductor sizes are also measured in gauge and are equivalent to the non ferrous thicknesses listed below but we have an article specific to wire gauge. It s based on the american or brown and sharpe wire gauge standard. Stainless steel is 0 105 thick aluminum is 0 080 copper is 0 108 and brass is 0 081. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.

Thus a 10. There are also gauge numbers like 000000 and 0 for aluminum and stainless steel the metal thickness of 000000 gauge is larger than 0. It is important to know that the gauge thicknesses also vary depending on the type of sheet metal being referenced. A sheet metal gauge gage is an indication of the standard thickness of specific metal materials such as steel aluminum and copper.

As with steel as the gauge gets higher the thickness gets lower. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. The table below provides conversion to inches. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.