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Correspondence between AWG gauge and section in mm²

AWG is the abbreviation for American Wire Gauge .
It is a measure of the cross-sectional area of the cable conductor that is a function of the number of copper strands in the cable.



AWG mm² correspondence Table
 Wire gauge    Diameter mm    Section mm2  
0000 (4/0) 11.7 107
000 (3/0) 10.4 85.0
00 (2/0) 9.3 67.4
0 (1/0) 8.3 53.5
1 7.4 42.4
2 6.54 33.6
3 5.83 26.7
4 5.19 21.2
5 4.62 16.8
6 4.11 13.3
7 3.67 10.5
8 3.26 8.37
9 2.91 6.63
10 2.59 5.26
11 2.30 4.17
12 2.05 3.31
13 1.83 2.62
14 1.63 2.08
15 1.45 1.65
16 1.29 1.31
17 1.2 1.0
18 1.02 0.82
19 0.91 0.65
20 0.81 0.52
21 0.72 0.41
22 0.65 0.32
23 0.57 0.25
24 0.51 0.20
25 0.45 0.16
26 0.40 0.13
27 0.36 0.10
28 0.32 0.08
29 0.29 0.06
30 0.25 0.05
31 0.23 0.04
32 0.20 0.03
33 0.180 0.025
34 0.160 0.020
35 0.142 0.016
36 0.127 0.013
37 0.114 0.010
38 0.101 0.008
39 0.089 0.006
40 0.079 0.005
41 0.071 0.004
42 0.063 0.003
43 0.0564 0.0025
44 0.0502 0.0020
45 0.0447 0.0016
46 0.0398 0.0013