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Metals Industry Calculators and Conversions

About: Metric Converter
Converts everything online: angle, area, corrosion rate, electrical capacitance, force, fracture toughness, length, magnetic strength, mass, specific heat, thermal resitivity, viscosity and more.

Foil & Coil Weight Calculator
Determine the weight of coiled metals by entering the outside diameter and inside diameter of your coil and selecting the type of metal. Works for aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, lead and nickel.

Metals Weight Calculator
How many pounds is a square foot of titanium sheet? This online calculator will tell you exactly! Includes most popular alloys from aluminum to zinc. Courtesy of Purchasing Online and Metal Suppliers Online.

Metric Conversion Tool
Convert measurements from metric to english for length, area, volume, weight and temperature. Angstroms, cubits, centimeters, hands, furlongs, feet, inches, kilos, microns, ounces, pounds & tons.

Precious Metals Weight Converter - MetaCalc
Converts weight you enter for precious metal products to either grams, carats, grains, ounces, hundredweight, drams, dynes, pounds and more.

Sprue Calculator for Casting
Aid to calculate sprues, runners and ingates for castings in the foundry. Helps calculate the dimensions for the sprue, which will give a required filling time.

Wire Gage Size Calculator
Enter the actual wire diameter to find out the corresponding gage size. If you know the gage number, find out the actual wire size in various industry standards: American Wire Gage, US Steel Wire Gage, British Standard, Music Wire Gage, Stub's Steel Wire Gage.

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