Chapter XXIII: Appendix: P

NUMBER, DIAMETER, CAPACITY, WEIGHT, AND RESISTANCE OF PURE COPPER WIRE

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Gage, | Diameter | Sectional | Capacity | OHMS
B. & S. | in | Area in | in +-----------+-----------
No. | 1000ths. | Circular | Amperes | Per 1,000 | Per Mile
| | Mils. | | Feet |
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0000 | .460 | 211600. | 312. | .0490 | .2590
000 | .40964 | 167805. | 262. | .0618 | .3266
00 | .3648 | 133079. | 220. | .0780 | .4118
0 | .32486 | 105534. | 185. | .0983 | .5190
1 | .2893 | 83694. | 156. | .1240 | .6549
2 | .25763 | 66373. | 131. | .1564 | .8258
3 | .22942 | 52634. | 110. | .1972 | 1.0414
4 | .20431 | 41473. | 92.3 | .2486 | 1.313
5 | .18194 | 33102. | 77.6 | .3136 | 1.655
6 | .16202 | 26251. | 65.2 | .3954 | 2.088
7 | .14428 | 20817. | 54.8 | .4987 | 2.633
8 | .12849 | 16510. | 46.1 | .6529 | 3.3
9 | .11443 | 13094. | 38.7 | .7892 | 4.1
10 | .10189 | 10382. | 32.5 | .8441 | 4.4
11 | .09074 | 8234. | 27.3 | 1.254 | 6.4
12 | .08080 | 6530. | 23. | 1.580 | 8.3
13 | .07196 | 5178. | 19.3 | 1.995 | 10.4
14 | .06408 | 4107. | 16.2 | 2.504 | 13.2
15 | .05706 | 3257. | 13.6 | 3.172 | 16.7
16 | .05082 | 2583. | 11.5 | 4.001 | 23.
17 | .04525 | 2048. | 9.6 | 5.04 | 26.
18 | .04030 | 1624. | 8.1 | 6.36 | 33.
19 | .03589 | 1288. | | 8.25 | 43.
20 | .03196 | 1021. | | 10.12 | 53.
21 | .02846 | 810. | | 12.76 | 68.
22 | .02534 | 642. | | 16.25 | 85.
23 | .02257 | 509. | | 20.30 | 108.
24 | .0201 | 404. | | 25.60 | 135.
25 | .0179 | 320. | | 32.2 | 170.
26 | .01594 | 254. | | 40.7 | 214.
27 | .01419 | 201. | | 51.3 | 270.
28 | .01264 | 159.8 | | 64.8 | 343.
29 | .01125 | 126.7 | | 81.6 | 432.
30 | .01002 | 100.5 | | 103. | 538.
31 | .00892 | 79.7 | | 130. | 685.
32 | .00795 | 63. | | 164. | 865.
33 | .00708 | 50.1 | | 206. | 1033.
34 | .00630 | 39.74 | | 260. | 1389.
35 | .00561 | 31.5 | | 328. | 1820.
36 | .005 | 25. | | 414. | 2200.
37 | .00445 | 19.8 | | 523. | 2765.
38 | .00396 | 15.72 | | 660. | 3486.
39 | .00353 | 12.47 | | 832. | 4395.
40 | .00314 | 9.88 | | 1049. | 5542.
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