How to Convert Wire Square mm to Diameter?

By | March 28, 2017

If you want to know what is diameter of a wire with respect to the square mm size and the weigh as well, you can use below given tables to convert between wire square mm and diameter mm and to know the approximate weight of 100 meter length:

Wire
mm2 mm
0.75 1.0
1 1.1
1.5 1.4
2 1.5
2.5 1.8
4 2.3
6 2.8
10 3.6
16 4.5
25 5.6
35 6.7
50 8.0
70 9.5
95 11.0
120 12.4
150 13.8
185 15.4
240 17.5
300 19.5
400 22.6
500 25.2
630 28.3
800 31.9
1000 35.7
1200 39.1
2000 50.5

CABLE WEIGHT & OVERALL DIMENSIONS

XLPE Single Core Cable Cu

Nominal Overall Diameter mm
Approx Weight Kg/100mt
16mm2
9.1
21
25mm2
10.6
30
35mm2
11.6
40
50mm2
13
52
70mm2
14.9
73
95mm2
17.2
101
120mm2
19.6
123
150mm2
21.3
152
185mm2
23.5
189
240mm2
26.6
246
300mm2
29.4
306
400mm2
33.3
386
500mm2
37
491
630mm2
41.4
635

Orange Circular Cable

Nominal Overall Diameter mm
Approx Weight Kg/100mt
1.5mm2 7/0.50
2+E
10
13
3+E
10.7
16
4+E
11.5
18
2.5mm2 7/0.67
2+E
10.8
17
3+E
11.3
23
4+E
13.3
27
4mm2 7/0.85
2+E
12.7
22
3+E
13.8
31
4+E
15.1
37
6mm2 7/1.04
2+E
13.4
28
3+E
14.8
37
4+E
16.2
46
10mm2 7/1.35
2+E
16.5
45
3+E
18.1
57
4+E
19.9
71
16mm2 7/1.70
2+E
18.5
58
3+E
20.5
76
4+E
22.7
96
25mm2 19/1.35
2+E
20.6
80
3+E
22.4
110
4+E
24.7
138
35mm2 19/1.53
2+E
22.7
107
3+E
24.8
143
4+E
27.4
182
50mm2 19/1.78
3+E
28.4
192
4+E
31.6
245
70mm2 19/2.14
3+E
32.7
268
4+E
36.4
345
Orange Circular Control Cable
Nominal Overall Diameter mm
Approx Weight Kg/100mt
1.5mm2 7/0.50
5+E
13
24
6+E
13
24
8+E
15.3
32
10+E
16.7
38
12+E
16.8
42
15+E
18.1
50
16+E
19
53
20+E
20
59
25+E
22.1
71
30+E
24.2
83
2.5mm2 7/0.67
5+E
14.6
33
6+E
14.6
35
8+E
17.3
46
10+E
18.9
56
12+E
19
61
15+E
20.6
71
16+E
21.6
77
20+E
22.8
91
25+E
25.2
109
30+E
27.6
128
Flexible Control Cable
Nominal Overall Diameter mm
Approx Weight Kg/100mt
0.5mm2
3core
4.8
4
4core
5.7
6
5core
6.2
7
7core
6.7
8
12core
8.9
13
18core
10.5
19
25core
12.4
26
50core
0.75mm2
3core
5.7
6
4core
6.2
7
5core
6.7
8
7core
7.3
10
12core
9.9
17
18core
11.7
25
25core
13.8
34
50core
19.2
65
1mm2
3core
6
7
4core
6.5
8
5core
7.1
10
7core
8
13
12core
10.5
21
18core
12.7
30
25core
14.7
41
50core
20.6
80
1.5mm2
3core
6.7
9
4core
7.2
11
5core
8.1
13
7core
8.9
17
12core
12
28
18core
14.4
41
25core
16.9
56
50core
23.5
109