Reinforcing bars · Size & tolerance table

US rebar sizes (ASTM A615 / A706)

Standard: ASTM A615/A615M · ASTM A706/A706M

In the US system the bar number is the nominal diameter in eighths of an inch up to #8; the soft-metric number is the diameter rounded to whole millimetres. The bar is the same — only its name differs.

Bar size Soft metric Diameter in Diameter mm Mass lb/ft Mass kg/m
#3 #10 0.375 9.5 0.376 0.560
#4 #13 0.500 12.7 0.668 0.994
#5 #16 0.625 15.9 1.043 1.552
#6 #19 0.750 19.1 1.502 2.235
#7 #22 0.875 22.2 2.044 3.042
#8 #25 1.000 25.4 2.670 3.973
#9 #29 1.128 28.7 3.400 5.060
#10 #32 1.270 32.3 4.303 6.404
#11 #36 1.410 35.8 5.313 7.907
#14 #43 1.693 43.0 7.650 11.38
#18 #57 2.257 57.3 13.60 20.24

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