Construction Building Envelope and Interior Finishes Databook

Section 17: Useful Tables, Charts, and Formulas

17.0.0 Nails: Penny Designation ( d ) and Lengths (U.S. and Metric)

Nail penny size Lenght in inches Lenght in millimeters

2d

1

25.40

3d

1 1/4

31.75

4d

1 1/2

38.10

5d

1 3/4

44.45

6d

2

50.30

7d

2 1/4

57.15

8d

2 1/2

63.50

9d

2 3/4

69.85

10d

3

76.20

12d

3 1/4

82.55

16d

3 1/2

88.90

20d

3 3/4

95.25

30d

4 1/2

114.30

40d

5

127.00

50d

5 1/2

139.70

60d

6

152.40

17.1.0 Stainless Steel Sheets (Thicknesses and Weights)

Guage Thickness inches mm Weight lb/ft 2 kg/m 2

8

0.17188

4.3658

7.2187

44.242

10

0.14063

3.5720

5.9062

28.834

11

0.1250

3.1750

5.1500

25.6312

12

0.10938

2.7783

4.5937

22.427

14

0.07813

1.9845

3.2812

16.019

16

0.06250

1.5875

2.6250

12.815

18

0.05000

1.2700

2.1000

10.252

20

0.03750

0.9525

1.5750

7.689

22

0.03125

0.7938

1.3125

6.409

24

0.02500

0.6350

0.0500

5.126

26

0.01875

0.4763

0.7875

3.845

28

0.01563

0.3970

0.6562

3.1816

Plates

3/16"

0.1875

4.76

7.752

39.85

1/4"

0.25

6.35

10.336

50.46

5/16

0.3125

7.94

12.920

63.08

3/8"

0.375

9.53

15.503

75.79

1/2"

0.50

12.70

20.671

100.92

5/8"

0.625

15.88

25.839

126.15

3/4"

0.75

19.05

31.007

151.38

1"

1.00

25.4

41.342

201.83

17.2.0 Comparable Thicknesses and Weights of Stainless Steel, Aluminum, and Copper

17.3.0 Wire and Sheetmetal Gauges and Weights

17.4.0 Weights and Specific Gravities of Common Materials

17.5.0 Useful Formulas

Circumference ofa circle = ? diameter or 3.1416 diameter

Diameter of a circle = circumference 0.31831

Area of a square

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