Kilo ↔ metre

Kilograms, metres and pieces

Weight is how metal is often sold; length is how you use it. These tables and the converter turn one into the other.

A bar on a bench scale

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Round bar, kg per metre (theoretical, reference densities)
Round barC11000C36000C9320060611045304
1/4 in (6,35 mm)0,2820,2690,2820,0860,2490,250
3/8 in (9,53 mm)0,6350,6060,6350,1920,5590,563
1/2 in (12,7 mm)1,1291,0771,1290,3420,9941,001
5/8 in (15,88 mm)1,7641,6821,7640,5341,5541,564
3/4 in (19,05 mm)2,5402,4232,5400,7702,2372,252
1 in (25,4 mm)4,5154,3074,5151,3683,9784,003
1 1/4 in (31,75 mm)7,0546,7307,0542,1386,2156,255
1 1/2 in (38,1 mm)10,1589,69110,1583,0788,9509,007
2 in (50,8 mm)18,05917,22818,0595,47215,91116,012
3 in (76,2 mm)40,63338,76340,63312,31335,79936,027
Plate, kg per square metre (theoretical)
Plate50526061A36304
1,2 mm3,223,249,429,48
2 mm5,365,4015,7015,80
3 mm8,048,1023,5523,70
4,5 mm12,0612,1535,3235,55
6 mm16,0816,2047,1047,40
9,53 mm25,5425,7374,8175,29
12,7 mm34,0434,2999,70100,33

Formulas: round πd²/4; hex 0,866 s²; square a²; flat width × thickness; kg/m = area (mm²) × density ÷ 1000. Tubes weigh up to 7 % more than the formula.

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