Units of Measurement
Equivalence between metric size and AWG-kcmil
The US American standardization extracts several standardized sections from 0.324 to 253 mm2.
Sections are designed by a gauge-number AWG or a section in MCM (Mil Circular Mil).
AWG numbers are identical with the British Brown and Sharpe (B&S) numbers.
1 Mil = 0.0254 mm = 1/100 inch
1 MCM = 0.5067 mm2
AWG/kcmil |
mm2 |
AWG/kcmil |
mm2 |
MCM |
mm2 |
18 |
0.823 |
7 |
10.55 |
250 |
127 |
17 |
1.04 |
6 |
13.3 |
300 |
152 |
16 |
1.31 |
5 |
16.77 |
350 |
177 |
15 |
1.65 |
4 |
21.15 |
400 |
203 |
14 |
2.08 |
3 |
26.67 |
450 |
228 |
13 |
2.63 |
2 |
33.62 |
500 |
253 |
12 |
3.31 |
1 |
42.41 |
550 |
279 |
11 |
4.17 |
1/0 |
53.49 |
600 |
304 |
10 |
5.261 |
2/0 |
67.43 |
|
|
9 |
6.631 |
3/0 |
85.01 |
|
|
8 |
8.361 |
4/0 |
107.2 |
|
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Conversion from non-metric systems - Measures of length
Unit |
mils |
inch |
foot |
yard |
cm |
m |
1 mils |
1 |
0.001 |
0.0000833 |
0.0000278 |
0.00254 |
0.0000254 |
1 inch |
1,000 |
1 |
0.0833 |
0.02278 |
2.54 |
0.0254 |
1 foot |
12,000 |
12 |
1 |
0.3333 |
30.48 |
0.3048 |
1 yard |
36,000 |
36 |
3 |
1 |
91.44 |
0.9144 |
1 cm |
393.7 |
0.3937 |
0.0328 |
0.01094 |
1 |
0.01 |
1 m |
39,370 |
39.37 |
3,281 |
1,094 |
100 |
1 |
|