Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.

14% by weight (C:110

on grade. Steel sheet metal gauge (sometimes spelled "gage") indicates the standard thickness of the sheet metal. As
gauge number increases, the material thickness decreases. The gauge of sheet metal ranges from 35 gauge to about
Thicknesses can vary significantly, although extremely thin thicknesses are considered foil or leaf, and pieces thicker th
(0.25 in) are considered plate.

Steel Gauge Thickness

Gauge
Thickness
mm
No. fraction inch

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

13/64
3/16
11/64
5/32
9/64
1/8
7/64
3/32
5/64
1/16
1/32
1/64
-

0.2031
0.1875
0.1719
0.1563
0.1406
0.125
0.1094
0.0938
0.0781
0.0703
0.0625
0.0563
0.05
0.0438
0.0375
0.0344
0.0313
0.0218
0.025
0.0219
0.0188
0.0172
0.0156
0.0141
0.0125
0.0109

5.16
4.76
4.37
3.97
3.57
3.18
2.78
2.38
1.98
1.79
1.59
1.43
1.27
1.11
0.953
0.873
0.794
0.714
0.635
0.556
0.478
0.437
0.396
0.358
0.318
0.277

Nonferrous Metal Gauges (aluminum)

vs.
Ferrous Gauges (steel & stainless)
ALUMINUM
mm
Gauge inch
0.2294 5.827
3
0.2043 5.189
4
0.1819 4.62
5
0.162 4.115
6
0.1443 3.665
7
0.1285 3.264
8
0.1144 2.906
9
0.1019 2.588
10
0.0907 2.304
11
0.0808 2.052
12
0.072 1.829
13
0.0641
1.628
14
0.0571 1.45
15
0.0508 1.29
16
0.0453 1.151
17
0.0403 1.024
18
0.0359 0.912
19
0.032 0.813
20
0.0285 0.724
21
0.0253 0.643
22
0.0226 0.574
23
0.0201 0.511
24
0.0179 0.455
25
0.0159 0.404
26
0.0142 0.361
27
0.0126 0.32
28
0.0113 0.287
29
0.01
0.254
30
0.0089 0.226
31

STEEL
inch
0.2391
0.2242
0.2092
0.1943
0.1793
0.1644
0.1495
0.1345
0.1196
0.1046
0.0897
0.0747
0.0673
0.0598
0.0538
0.0478
0.0418
0.0359
0.0329
0.0299
0.0269
0.0239
0.0209
0.0179
0.0164
0.0149
0.0135
0.012
0.0105

32
33
34
35

0.0102
0.0094
0.0086
0.0078

0.259
0.239
0.218
0.198

32
33
34
35

0.008
0.0071
0.0063
0.0056

0.203
0.18
0.16
0.142

0.0097
0.009
0.0082
0.0075

37/
19/
39/
5/
41/
21/
43/
11/
45/
23/
47/
3/
49/
25/
51/
13/
53/
27/
55/
7/
57/
29/
59/
15/
61/
31/
63/
1

0.2% and 2.14% by weight (C:11010Fe), depending

the standard thickness of the sheet metal. As the
f sheet metal ranges from 35 gauge to about 6 gauge.
e considered foil or leaf, and pieces thicker than 6 mm

6.93

l Gauges (aluminum)

s (steel & stainless)

STEEL
mm
6.073
5.695
5.314
4.935
4.554
4.176
3.797
3.416
3.03
2.657
2.278
1.897
1.709
1.519
1.367
1.214
1.062
0.912
0.836
0.759
0.683
0.607
0.531
0.455
0.417
0.378
0.343
0.305
0.267

Fraction Decimal Millimeter

Conversion Table
1/64
1/32
3/64
1/16
5/64
3/32
7/64
1/8
9/64
5/32
11/64
3/16
13/64
7/32
15/64
1/4
17/64
9/32
19/64
5/16
21/64
11/32
23/64
3/8
25/64
13/32
27/64
7/16
29/64
15/32
31/64

0.016
0.031
0.047
0.063
0.078
0.094
0.109
0.125
0.141
0.156
0.172
0.188
0.203
0.219
0.234
0.25
0.266
0.281
0.297
0.313
0.328
0.344
0.359
0.375
0.391
0.406
0.422
0.438
0.453
0.469
0.484

0.3969
0.7938
1.1906
1.5875
1.9844
2.3813
2.7781
3.175
3.5719
3.9688
4.3656
4.7625
5.1594
5.5563
5.9531
6.35
6.7469
7.1438
7.5406
7.9375
8.3344
8.7313
9.1281
9.525
9.9219
10.319
10.716
11.113
11.509
11.906
12.303

0.246
0.229
0.208
0.191

1/2
33/64
17/32
35/64
9/16
37/64
19/32
39/64
5/8
41/64
21/32
43/64
11/16
45/64
23/32
47/64
3/4
49/64
25/32
51/64
13/16
53/64
27/32
55/64
7/8
57/64
29/32
59/64
15/16
61/64
31/32
63/64
1

0.5
0.516
0.531
0.55
0.563
0.578
0.594
0.609
0.625
0.641
0.656
0.672
0.688
0.703
0.719
0.734
0.75
0.766
0.781
0.797
0.813
0.828
0.844
0.859
0.875
0.891
0.906
0.922
0.938
0.953
0.969
0.984
1

12.7
13.097
13.494
13.891
14.288
14.684
15.081
15.478
15.875
16.272
16.669
17.066
17.463
17.859
18.256
18.653
19.05
19.447
19.844
20.241
20.638
21.034
21.431
21.828
22.225
22.622
23.019
23.416
23.813
24.209
24.606
25.003
25.4