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16 gauge is thicker than 18 gauge.

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Q: What is difference between 16 and 18 gauge steel?
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How thisck is 16 gauge steel?

16 gauge steel is 0.0598in. (1.52mm) and 16 gauge galvanised steel is 0.0635 (1.61). The easy way to remember is 16 gauge is 1.6mm


What is the difference of eightteen gauge versus sixteen gauge of stainless steel indicate?

16 gauge is thicker. Remember...the lower the guage the thicker the metal.


What is the equivalent in inches to 16 gauge steel?

16 gauge standard steel has a thickness of 0.0598 inches. 16 gauge galvanized steel has a thickness of 0.0635 inches.


Is 18 gauge steel better than 16 gauge steel?

Depends on what you are using if for.


Is 16 gauge steel bigger than 14 gauge steel?

GAUGE , is one inch thick of steel or metal. So, take this one inch thick of steel sheet and cut it into 12 equal thickness sheets , you get a 12 gauge steel sheet. Similarly, take this one inch thick of steel sheet and cut it into 14 equal thickness sheets , you get a 14 gauge steel sheet. and so on . So, a 12 gauge steel sheet is thicker than 14 gauge , 14 is thicker than 16 , 16 is thicker than 18 and so on. Wrong!!! See my discussion on this...


What is 18 gauge steel?

No. The larger the number, the thinner the steel. 16 gauge is the thicker of the two.


What gauge is .062 steel?

That would be 16 gauge, which is .0625 inches thick.


What is 16 gauge in mm thickness?

In Imperial standard (swg), 16 g is 0.064" (1.63mm) thick.


What is 16 gauge steel in in thickness?

16 swg is 1.63 mm thick


What is the difference in 16 gauge pipe and 19 gauge pipe?

16 gauge pipe is thicker than 19 gauge pipe.


In comparing a 16 and 20 gauge steel casket the 16 gauge casket would be?

The strength, durability, and longevity of steel caskets depends first of all on the quality and thickness of the metal sheets used. The United States Standard Gauge for the thickness of metal sheets is based on the number of sheets required to total one inch. The gauge number (ga) informs about the thickness of the steel sheets in such a way that the lower the gauge number, the thicker the steel. Low cost carbon steel caskets are usually made of 20-gauge steel. (20 sheets of 20ga steel have a thickness of one inch.) Twenty gauge steel sheets have a thickness of 1/20" or 0,8 mm; this is the same thickness as used in many automobile body panels. More expensive steel Caskets are made from 18- and 16-gauge steel. 16 ga steel sheets have a thickness of 1/16" or 1,3 mm. 16 ga steel is twice as heavy as 20 ga steel, 140% stronger and has a 140% longer life than 20ga.


How thick is 7 gauge steel?

3/16" or 0.1875" *** 7 gauge steel sheet is .1793", not .1875" *** Different metals have different thickness for their gauge...mild steel is .1793, aluminum is .1443, stainless steel is .1875