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AWG – American Wire Gauge

AWG = American Wire Gauge – Coding for the conductor cross-section.
The smaller the AWG number, the larger the conductor cross-section.

AWGd (inch)A (inch2)d (mm)A (mm2)R (Ω/km)Metric
equivalent (mm2)
140,0640800,00322503571,6276322,080664038,552,5
150,0570700,00255802781,4495781,6503372210,79 
160,0508200,00202842441,2908281,3086582913,601,5
170,0452600,00160886131,1496041,0379729617,15 
180,0403000,00127555621,0236200,8229378421,631
190,0358900,00101166430,9116060,6526853427,270,75
200,0319600,00080223770,8117840,5175716734,390,75
210,0284600,00063614970,7228840,4104183443,370,5
220,0253500,00050471410,6438900,3256213554,660,34
230,0225700,00040008530,5732780,2581190368,96 
240,0201000,00031730840,5105400,2047146986,950,25
250,0179000,00025164920,4546600,16235400109,64 
260,0159400,00019955660,4048760,12874594138,260,14
270,0142000,00015836760,3606800,10217244174,22 
280,0126400,00012548260,3210560,08095635219,870,09