Construction Databook

Section 23: Useful Tables, Charts, and Formulas

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

Nail- Penny Size

Length in Inches

Length 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

50.80

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

23.1.0 Stainless Steel Sheets (Thicknesses and Weights)

Gauge Thickness Weight
Inches Mm. lbs/ft2 kg/m2

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

1.0500

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

37.85

1/2"

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

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

23.3.0 Wire and Sheet-Metal Gauges and Weights

23.4.0 Weights and Specific Gravities of Common Materials

23.5.0 Useful Formulas

Circumference of a circle= p diameter or 3.1416 diameter

Diameter of a circle=circumference 0.31831

Area of a square=length width

Area of a...

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