AWG(American wire gauge)美国线规,是一种区分导线直径的标准。这种标准化线规系统于1857年起在美国开始使用。AWG前面的数值(如24AWG、26AWG)表示导线形成最后直径前所要经过的孔的数量,数值越大,导线经过孔的等级越高,导线的直径也就越小。
以下是美标AWG和国标mm、截面积、电阻值的对照表:
| AWG | 外径 | 截面积 (mm2) | 电阻值 (W/km) | AWG | 外径 | 截面积 (mm2) | 电阻值 (W/km) |
| mm | mm | ||||||
| 4/0 | 11.68 | 107.22 | 0.17 | 22 | 0.643 | 0.3247 | 54.3 |
| 3/0 | 10.4 | 85.01 | 0.21 | 23 | 0.574 | 0.2588 | 48.5 |
| 2/0 | 9.27 | 67.43 | 0.26 | 24 | 0.511 | 0.2047 | 89.4 |
| 1/0 | 8.25 | 53.49 | 0.33 | 25 | 0.44 | 0.1624 | 79.6 |
| 1 | 7.35 | 42.41 | 0.42 | 26 | 0.404 | 0.1281 | 143 |
| 2 | 6.54 | 33.62 | 0.53 | 27 | 0.361 | 0.1021 | 128 |
| 3 | 5.83 | 26.67 | 0.66 | 28 | 0.32 | 0.0804 | 227 |
| 4 | 5.19 | 21.15 | 0.84 | 29 | 0.287 | 0.0647 | 289 |
| 5 | 4.62 | 16.77 | 1.06 | 30 | 0.254 | 0.0507 | 361 |
| 6 | 4.11 | 13.3 | 1.33 | 31 | 0.226 | 0.0401 | 321 |
| 7 | 3.67 | 10.55 | 1.68 | 32 | 0.203 | 0.0316 | 583 |
| 8 | 3.26 | 8.37 | 2.11 | 33 | 0.18 | 0.0255 | 944 |
| 9 | 2.91 | 6.63 | 2.67 | 34 | 0.16 | 0.0201 | 956 |
| 10 | 2.59 | 5.26 | 3.36 | 35 | 0.142 | 0.0169 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 2.3 | 4.17 | 4.24 | 36 | 0.127 | 0.0127 | 1,530 |
| 12 | 2.05 | 3.332 | 5.31 | 37 | 0.114 | 0.0098 | 1,377 |
| 13 | 1.82 | 2.627 | 6.69 | 38 | 0.102 | 0.0081 | 2,400 |
| 14 | 1.63 | 2.075 | 8.45 | 39 | 0.089 | 0.0062 | 2,100 |
| 15 | 1.45 | 1.646 | 10.6 | 40 | 0.079 | 0.0049 | 4,080 |
| 16 | 1.29 | 1.318 | 13.5 | 41 | 0.071 | 0.004 | 3,685 |
| 17 | 1.15 | 1.026 | 16.3 | 42 | 0.064 | 0.0032 | 6,300 |
| 18 | 1.02 | 0.8107 | 21.4 | 43 | 0.056 | 0.0025 | 5,544 |
| 19 | 0.912 | 0.5667 | 26.9 | 44 | 0.051 | 0.002 | 10,200 |
| 20 | 0.813 | 0.5189 | 33.9 | 45 | 0.046 | 0.0016 | 9,180 |
| 21 | 0.724 | 0.4116 | 42.7 | 46 | 0.041 | 0.0013 | 16,300 |