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Market Grade Specifications

In the world of wire mesh, standard industrial wire mesh can be found in certain specifications. The market grade specifications set a standard for certain mesh counts and their corresponding wire diameters. These commonly found mesh counts are standards for the industry and can be typically found directly in stock.

2 MESH - 8 MESH
10 MESH - 18 MESH
20 MESH - 35 MESH
40 MESH - 90 MESH
100 MESH - 150 MESH
160 MESH - 270 MESH
325 MESH - 635 MESH

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
2 x 2	.063	1.600	.437	11.1	76.4	51.2	58	56.6	57.4
3 x 3	.054	1.37	.279	7.09	70.1	56.7	64.3	62.7	63.6
4 x 4	.047	1.19	.203	5.16	65.9	57.6	65.3	63.7	64.6
5 x 5	.041	1.04	.159	4.04	63.2	54.9	62.2	60.7	61.6
6 x 6	.035	0.89	.1317	3.35	62.7	48.1	54.5	53.2	54.0
8 x 8	.028	0.71	.097	2.46	60.2	41.1	46.6	45.4	46.1

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
10 x 10	.025	0.64	.075	1.91	56.3	41.2	46.7	45.5	46.2
12 x 12	.023	.584	.0603	1.52	51.8	42.2	47.8	46.6	47.3
14 x 14	.020	.508	.0514	1.30	51.0	37.2	42.2	41.1	41.7
16 x 16	.018	.457	.0445	1.13	50.7	34.5	39.1	38.1	38.7
18 x 18	.017	.432	.0386	.98	48.3	34.8	39.4	38.5	39.0

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
20 x 20	.016	.406	.034	.86	46.2	34.4	39.0	38.0	38.6
24 x 24	.014	.356	.0277	.70	44.2	31.8	36.0	35.1	35.7
30 x 30	.012	.305	.0213	.54	40.8	29.4	33.3	32.5	33.0
35 x 35	.012	.279	.0166	.446	33.8	35	32.2	31.4	31.9

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
40 x 40	.010	.254	.015	.38	36.0	27.6	31.3	30.5	31.0
50 x 50	.009	.229	.011	.28	30.3	28.4	32.2	31.4	31.9
60 x 60	.0075	.191	.0092	.23	30.5	23.7	26.9	26.2	26.6
70 x 70	.007	.178	.0073	.19	26.1	23.3	26.4	25.7	26.1
80 x 80	.0055	.140	.007	.19	31.4	16.9	19.2	18.7	19.0
90 x 90	.005	.127	.006	.155	30.3	16	13.1	12.8	13.0

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
100 x 100	.0045	.114	.0055	.140	30.3	14.2	16.1	15.7	15.9
110 x 110	.004	.1016	.0051	.1295	31.4	12.4	14.1	13.7	13.9
120 x 120	.0037	.094	.0046	.1168	30.9	11.6	13.1	12.8	13.0
130 x 130	.003	.076	.004	.102	31.1	10.7	8.0	7.8	8.0
140 x 140	.003	.0762	.004	.1016	35.3	8.4	6.7	6.6	6.7
150 x 150	.0026	.066	.0041	.1041	37.4	7.1	8.0	7.8	8.0

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
160 x 160	.0025	.0635	.0038	.0965	36.4	8.0	7.6	7.4	7.5
170 x 170	.002	.0508	.003	.0762	35.0	6.5	7.0	6.9	7.0
180 x 180	.0023	.0584	.0033	.0838	34.7	6.7	7.6	7.4	7.5
200 x 200	.0021	.0533	.0029	.0737	33.6	6.2	7.0	6.9	7.0
250 x 250	.0016	.0406	.0024	.0610	36.0	4.4	5.0	4.9	4.9
270 x 270	.0016	.0406	.0021	.0533	32.2	4.7	5.3	5.2	5.3

Mesh Count	Wire Diameter		Width Opening		Open Area	Weight - Pounds per (100) Square Feet
	(inches)	(mm)	(inches)	(mm)	percentage	Stainless Steel & Steel	pure copper	80-20 brass	monel
325 x 325	.0014	.0356	.0017	.0432	30.0	4.4	5.0	4.9	4.9
400 x 400	.0011	.0279	.0015	.0381	36.0	3.3	3.0	2.9	3.0
500 x 500	.0010	.0254	.0010	.0254	25.0	3.8	4.3	4.2	4.3
635 x 635	.0008	.0203	.0008	.0203	25.0	3.0