Copper Sheet Thickness

Below is a quick guide to help you determine which thickness best suits the needs of your project.

Copper sheet thickness.

Copper is typically used for gutters downspouts countertops hoods deco tops and standing seam roofs it also comes in perforated sheets and pre textured hammered sheets. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. Heavy weight sheet metal. Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00 when working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.

Copper sheets can also be hammered tooled or embossed for added texture and decorative or functional appeal and come in many thicknesses from very thin copper foil to thick copper plate. See basic copper s thickness guide for a video description of each thickness. Machinery s handbook is an authoritative source and has a chart which includes zinc sheet gauges. Hammered copper sheet thickness 22 mil 16 oz 24 gauge our premium hammered pure copper sheets are a part of the liberty series.

Typical sheet sizes are 36 x 120 and 48 x 120. For example 23 gauge sheet metal is more than twice as thick as 30 gauge. Copper sheets and copper foil for crafts and art projects counter tops bar tops backsplashes embossing projects manufacturing electrical applications research and development do it yourself projects and much more. Zinc sheet has yet another gauge system for thickness.

Copper sheeting comes in thicknesses ranging from very thin copper foil to thick copper plate. I can t recall a single customer who ever wanted us to make something out of zinc sheet so i ll leave that for you to find on your own. It also comes in many alloys that blend other metals with copper. In copper sheet it is 1 pound per square foot approximately.

The lower the gauge number the thicker the metal. Copper sheet metal scraps 1lb package of various size copper flat pieces 16 oz lead free copper 99 9 pure copper sheet metal 24 gauge copper 110 copper sheet unpolished mill finish astm b152 0 021 thickness 12 width 12 length. The unit of measurement used to identify the thickness of a sheet of copper varies e g gauge mil ounces per square foot inches millimeters. For sheet metal it cuts with a tin snips or saw 24 020 or 20 mil 5 mm half a millimeter.

We stock copper in 16 oz 20 oz 32 oz and 48 oz.