How much weight can 16 gauge steel hold

Below girlfriend will find a chart for metal thicknesses and also weights. Commonly used metals for production at our shop are:Aluminum: 0.025", 0.032", 0.040", 0.050", 0.063", 0.080", 1/8" (0.125") and 1/4" (0.25").

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Cold and also hot rolling steel: 16 gauge, 14 gauge, 1/8" and also 1/4".Copper: 48 oz, 24 oz, 20 oz and 16 oz.Galvanized steel: 24 gauge, 20 gauge, 18 gauge and also 16 gauge.Stainless steel: 26 gauge, 24 gauge, 20 gauge, 18 gauge, 16 gauge, 14 gauge, 1/8" and also 1/4".Kynar Galvalume (Steel) for steel roofing and gutters: 24 gauge.Kynar Aluminum for steel roofing: 0.032" or 0.040".Aluminum because that gutters: 0.027" or 0.032" for smooth gutters and any various other thickness for custom gutters.Zinc: 0.7 mm, 0.8mm and also 1.5 mm.

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Gauge	US standard Gauge	Steel (Hot and Cold Rolled)	Galvanized Steel	Stainless Steel	Aluminum	Copper	Zinc
(inches)	Gauge Decimal (inches)	Weight (lb/ft2)	Gauge Decimal (inches)	Weight (lb/ft2)	Gauge Decimal (inches)	Weight (lb/ft2)	Gauge Decimal (inches)	Weight (lb/ft2)	Gauge Decimal (inches)	Weight (oz/ft2)	Gauge Decimal (mm)	Weight (lb/ft2)
44	0.0047
43	0.0049
42	0.0051
41	0.0053
40	0.0055
39	0.0059
38	0.0063	0.0060				0.0062		0.0040
37	0.0066	0.0064				0.0066		0.0045
36	0.0070	0.0067				0.0070		0.0050		0.0050	4
35	0.0078	0.0075				0.0078		0.0056
34	0.0086	0.0082				0.0086		0.0063
33	0.0094	0.0090				0.0094		0.0071
32	0.0102	0.0097				0.0102		0.0080
31	0.0109	0.0105				0.0109		0.0089		0.0108	8
30	0.0125	0.0120	0.500	0.016	0.656	0.0125		0.0100	0.141
29	0.0141	0.0135	0.563	0.017	0.719	0.0141		0.0113	0.160
28	0.0156	0.0149	0.625	0.019	0.781	0.0156		0.0126	0.178	0.0135	10
27	0.0172	0.0164	0.688	0.020	0.844	0.0172		0.0142	0.200	0.0160	12
26	0.0188	0.0179	0.750	0.022	0.906	0.0187	0.756	0.0159	0.224
25	0.0219	0.0209	0.875	0.025	1.031	0.0219		0.0179	0.253
24	0.0250	0.0239	1.000	0.028	1.156	0.0250	1.008	0.0201	0.284	0.0216	16	0.7	1.02
23	0.0281	0.0269	1.125	0.031	1.281	0.0281		0.0226	0.319
22	0.0313	0.0299	1.250	0.034	1.406	0.0312	1.26	0.0253	0.357	0.0270	20	0.8	1.18
21	0.0344	0.0329	1.375	0.037	1.531	0.0344		0.0285	0.402	0.0320	24
20	0.0375	0.0359	1.500	0.040	1.656	0.0375	1.512	0.0320	0.452			1	1.48
19	0.0438	0.0418	1.750	0.046	1.906	0.0437		0.0359	0.507	0.0430	32
18	0.0500	0.0478	2.000	0.052	2.156	0.0500	2.016	0.0403	0.569	0.0485	36
17	0.0563	0.0538	2.250	0.058	2.406	0.0562		0.0453	0.639
16	0.0625	0.0598	2.500	0.064	2.656	0.0625	2.52	0.0508	0.717	0.0647	48	1.5	2.21
15	0.0703	0.0673	2.813	0.071	2.969	0.0703		0.0571	0.806	0.0750	56
14	0.0781	0.0747	3.125	0.079	3.281	0.0781	3.15	0.0641	0.905	0.0863	64
13	0.0938	0.0897	3.750	0.093	3.906	0.0937		0.0720	1.016	0.0930	72
12	0.1094	0.1046	4.375	0.108	4.531	0.1094	4.41	0.0808	1.140	0.1080	80
11	0.1250	0.1196	5.000	0.123	5.156	0.1250	5.04	0.0907	1.280
10	0.1406	0.1345	5.625	0.138	5.781	0.1406	5.67	0.1019	1.438	0.1250	96
9	0.1563	0.1495	6.250	0.153	6.406	0.1562		0.1144	1.614
8	0.1719	0.1644	6.875	0.168	7.031	0.1719	6.93	0.1285	1.813
7	0.1875	0.1793	7.500			0.1875	7.871	0.1443	2.036
6	0.2031	0.1943	8.125			0.2031		0.1620	2.286
5	0.2188	0.2092	8.750			0.2187		0.1819
4	0.2344	0.2242	9.375			0.2344		0.2043
3	0.2500	0.2391	10.00			0.2500		0.2294
2	0.2656					0.2656		0.2576
1	0.2813					0.2812		0.2893
1/0 (0)	0.3125					0.3125		0.3249
2/0 (00)	0.3438					0.3437		0.3648
3/0 (000)	0.3750					0.3750		0.4096
4/0 (0000)	0.4063					0.4062		0.4600
5/0 (00000)	0.4375					0.4375		0.5165
6/0 (000000)	0.4688					0.4687		0.5800
7/0 (00000000)	0.5000

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