American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a U.S. standard set of wire conductor sizes chart. The AWG standard includes aluminum, coper and other wire materials. The "gauge" is related to the diameter of the wire. The convertion table below should be used to convert American Wire Gauge (AWG) to square mm cross sectional area.
American Wire Gauge
(AWG) |
Diameter
(inches) |
Diameter
(mm) |
Cross Sectional Area
(mm2) |
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
|
2
|
0.2576
|
6.54
|
33.61
|
3
|
0.2294
|
5.83
|
26.65
|
4
|
0.2043
|
5.19
|
21.14
|
5
|
0.1819
|
4.62
|
16.76
|
6
|
0.162
|
4.11
|
13.29
|
7
|
0.1443
|
3.67
|
10.55
|
8
|
0.1285
|
3.26
|
8.36
|
9
|
0.1144
|
2.91
|
6.63
|
10
|
0.1019
|
2.59
|
5.26
|
11
|
0.0907
|
2.30
|
4.17
|
12
|
0.0808
|
2.05
|
3.31
|
13
|
0.072
|
1.83
|
2.63
|
14
|
0.0641
|
1.63
|
2.08
|
15
|
0.0571
|
1.45
|
1.65
|
16
|
0.0508
|
1.29
|
1.31
|
17
|
0.0453
|
1.15
|
1.04
|
18
|
0.0403
|
1.02
|
0.82
|
19
|
0.0359
|
0.91
|
0.65
|
20
|
0.032
|
0.81
|
0.52
|
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
|
26
|
0.0159
|
0.40
|
0.13
|
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