Sizes and grades

U.S. sizes
Imperial bar designations represent the bar diameter in fractions of inch, such that #8 = 88 inch =
1 inch diameter. Area = (bar size/9)2 such that area of #8 = (8/9)2 = 0.79 in2. This applies to #8 bars and
smaller. Larger bars have a slightly larger diameter than the one computed using the inch convention.
Imperial
Bar Size
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#14
#18

"Soft"

Weight per
unit length

Mass per
unit length

Nominal
Diameter

Nominal
Diameter

(lbft)
0.376
0.668
1.043
1.502
2.044
2.670
3.400
4.303
5.313
6.424
7.650
13.60

(kg/m)
0.561
0.996
1.556
2.24
3.049
3.982
5.071
6.418
7.924
9.619
11.41
20.284

(in)
0.375 =
0.500 =
0.625 =
0.750 =
0.875 =
1.000 = 88
1.128
1.270
1.410
1.50
1.693
2.257

(mm)
9.525
12.7
15.875
19.05
22.225
25.4
28.65
32.26
35.81
38.1
43
57.33

Metric
Size
#10
#13
#16
#19
#22
#25
#29
#32
#36
#40
#43
#57

Nominal Nominal
Area
Area
(in)
0.11
0.20
0.31
0.44
0.60
0.79
1.00
1.27
1.56
1.76
2.25
4.00

(mm)
71
129
200
284
387
509
645
819
1006
1140
1452
2581

[edit] Canadian sizes

Metric bar designations represent the nominal bar diameter in millimeters, rounded to the nearest 5 mm.
Metric

Mass per unit length

Nominal Diameter

Cross-Sectional

Bar Size
10M
15M
20M
25M
30M
35M
45M
55M

(kg/m)

(mm)

Area (mm)

0.785
1.570
2.355
3.925
5.495
7.850
11.775
19.625

11.3
16.0
19.5
25.2
29.9
35.7
43.7
56.4

100
200
300
500
700
1000
1500
2500

[edit] European sizes

Metric bar designations represent the nominal bar diameter in millimetres. Bars in Europe will be
specified to comply with the standard EN 10080 (awaiting introduction as of early 2007), although
various national standards still remain in force (e.g. BS 4449 in the United Kingdom).
Metric

Mass per unit length

Nominal Diameter

Cross-Sectional

Bar Size
6,0
8,0
10,0
12,0
14,0
16,0
20,0
25,0
28,0
32,0
40,0
50,0

(kg/m)
0.222
0.395
0.617
0.888
1.21
1.579
2.467
3.855
4.83
6.316
9.868
15.413

(mm)
6
8
10
12
14
16
20
25
28
32
40
50

Area (mm)
28.3
50.3
78.5
113
154
201
314
491
616
804
1257
1963