Wire Gauge Chart & Calculations | What is American Wire Gauge | CNCLATHING

American Wire Gauge (AWG), is a logarithmic stepped standardized wire gauge system used for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire, which also can be used to specify body piercing jewelry sizes, even for non-metallic materials. The larger gauge number in the AWG wire size chart indicates smaller wire diameters. This wire gauge sizes system originated in the number of drawing operations used to produce a given gauge of wire. The finer wire needs more drawing. Very fine wire (for example, 30 gauge) required more passes through the drawing dies than 0 gauge wire did. In the AWG gauge system, the diameter of the wire is doubled for every six wire gauges, and the cross-sectional area of the wire is doubled for every three wire gauges. In the American Wire Gauge (AWG) system, wire size diameters can be calculated by applying the formula D(AWG)=.005·92((36-AWG)/39) inch.