| Wire Diameter |
Metal or Alloy |
Flux (1)
Cored
Steel
Electrode |
Decimal
Inches |
Fraction
Inches |
Aluminum |
Bronze,
Alum. 10% |
Bronze,
Silicon |
Copper
(deox.) |
Copper
Nickel |
Magnesium |
Nickel |
Steel,
Mild |
Steel,
Stainless |
| .020 |
--- |
32400 |
11600 |
10300 |
9800 |
9950 |
50500 |
9900 |
11100 |
10950 |
--- |
| .025 |
--- |
22300 |
7960 |
7100 |
6750 |
6820 |
34700 |
6820 |
7680 |
7550 |
--- |
| .030 |
--- |
14420 |
5150 |
4600 |
4360 |
4430 |
22400 |
4400 |
4960 |
4880 |
--- |
| .035 |
--- |
10600 |
3780 |
3380 |
3200 |
3260 |
16500 |
3240 |
3650 |
3590 |
--- |
| .040 |
--- |
8120 |
2900 |
2580 |
2450 |
2490 |
12600 |
2480 |
2790 |
2750 |
--- |
| .045 |
3/64 |
6410 |
2290 |
2040 |
1940 |
1970 |
9990 |
1960 |
2210 |
2170 |
2375 |
| .062 |
1/16 |
3382 |
1120 |
1070 |
1020 |
1040 |
5270 |
1030 |
1160 |
1140 |
1230 |
| .078 |
5/64 |
2120 |
756 |
675 |
640 |
650 |
3300 |
647 |
730 |
718 |
996 |
| .093 |
3/32 |
1510 |
538 |
510 |
455 |
462 |
2350 |
460 |
519 |
510 |
640 |
| .125 |
1/8 |
825 |
295 |
263 |
249 |
253 |
1280 |
252 |
284 |
279 |
346 |
| .156 |
5/32 |
530 |
189 |
169 |
160 |
163 |
825 |
162 |
182 |
179 |
225 |
| .187 |
3/16 |
377 |
134 |
120 |
114 |
116 |
587 |
115 |
130 |
127 |
--- |
| .250 |
1/4 |
206 |
74 |
66 |
32 |
64 |
320 |
63 |
71 |
70 |
--- |
(1) Not absolute since ration of flux to sheath varies for different types of
Flux Cored Electrodes |