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May 2025

wires properties - resistance (metric)

resistance at 20 °C, surface area, depends on diameter

diameter	Nikrothal 60	Nikrothal 80	Kanthal D	Kanthal AF	Kanthal A1	surface
mm	Ω/m	Ω/m	Ω/m	Ω/m	Ω/m	cm²/m
0.12	98	96.4	119	123	128	3.77
0.11	117	115	142	147	153	3.46
0.10	142	139	172	177	185	3.14
0.090	174	171	212	218	228	2.83
0.080	221	217	268	276	288	2.51
0.070	289	283	351	361	377	2.20
0.060	394	386	478	491	513	1.88
0.050	566	555	687	707	738	1.57
0.045	699	685	849	874	912	1.41
0.040	884	867	1074	1106	1154	1.26
0.035	1156	1133	1403	1444	1507	1.10
0.030	1573	1542	1909	1965	2051	0.942

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wires properties - weight (metric)

weight of 1 m wire, cross section area, depends on diameter

diameter	Nikrothal 60	Nikrothal 80	Kanthal D	Kanthal AF	Kanthal A1	section
mm	g/m	g/m	g/m	g/m	g/m	mm²
0.12	0.0930	0.0939	0.0820	0.0809	0.0803	0.0113
0.11	0.0781	0.0789	0.0689	0.0680	0.0675	0.00950
0.10	0.0645	0.0652	0.0600	0.0592	0.0588	0.00785
0.090	0.0523	0.0528	0.0461	0.0455	0.0452	0.00636
0.080	0.0413	0.0417	0.0364	0.0359	0.0357	0.00503
0.070	0.0316	0.0319	0.0279	0.0275	0.0273	0.00385
0.060	0.0233	0.0235	0.0205	0.0202	0.0201	0.00283
0.050	0.0161	0.0163	0.0142	0.0140	0.0139	0.00196
0.045	0.0131	0.0132	0.0115	0.0114	0.0113	0.00159
0.040	0.0103	0.0104	0.0091	0.0090	0.0089	0.00126
0.035	0.0079	0.0080	0.0069	0.0068	0.0068	0.000962
0.030	0.0058	0.0059	0.0051	0.0050	0.0050	0.000707

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