Brass Sheet Metal Gauge Thickness

It s based on the american or brown and sharpe wire gauge standard.

Brass sheet metal gauge thickness.

Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. 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. Stainless steel is 0 105 thick aluminum is 0 080 copper is 0 108 and brass is 0 081. As with steel as the gauge gets higher the thickness gets lower.

Unlike with steel i can t find a set. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.

It is important to know that the gauge thicknesses also vary depending on the type of sheet metal being referenced. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal not applicable for zinc. There are also gauge numbers like 000000 and 0 for aluminum and stainless steel the metal thickness of 000000 gauge is larger than 0. Thus a 10.

Metal sheet thickness is measured in gauge. Gauge when applied to copper brass or silver means a different set of thicknesses however. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. In an earlier article we took a look at the standard gauges for steel sheet.

The table below provides conversion to inches.