Metal weight

Square bar weight table

Solid square bars are used for ironwork, wrought gates, grilles and mechanical parts. Below is the theoretical weight of 18 common sizes, in steel with a density of 7.85 g/cm³.

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SizeArea cm²kg/m6 m barm/tonne
Square bar 8×80.640.5023.0 kg1,990
Square bar 10×101.000.7854.7 kg1,274
Square bar 12×121.441.1306.8 kg885
Square bar 14×141.961.5399.2 kg650
Square bar 16×162.562.01012.1 kg498
Square bar 18×183.242.54315.3 kg393
Square bar 20×204.003.14018.8 kg318
Square bar 22×224.843.79922.8 kg263
Square bar 25×256.254.90629.4 kg204
Square bar 30×309.007.06542.4 kg142
Square bar 35×3512.259.61657.7 kg104
Square bar 40×4016.0012.56075.4 kg80
Square bar 45×4520.2515.89695.4 kg63
Square bar 50×5025.0019.625117.8 kg51
Square bar 60×6036.0028.260169.6 kg35
Square bar 70×7049.0038.465230.8 kg26
Square bar 80×8064.0050.240301.4 kg20
Square bar 100×100100.0078.500471.0 kg13

Calculation formula

kg/m = a² × 0.00785, where a is the side in mm.

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