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Steel plate and sheet weight per square metre

Steel sheet weighs 7.85 kg per square metre for every millimetre of thickness, because its density is 7850 kg/m³ (carbon steel). So 2 mm sheet is 15.70 kg/m², or 3.216 lb per square foot.

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Steel sheet weight chart

Thicknesskg/m²lb/ft²Sheet 1000 × 2000, kgSheet 1250 × 2500, kgSheet 1500 × 3000, kgSheet 4 × 8 ft (1220 × 2440), kg
0.5 mm3.930.8047.85012.2717.6611.68
0.6 mm4.710.9659.42014.7221.2014.02
0.8 mm6.281.28612.5619.6328.2618.69
1 mm7.851.60815.7024.5335.3323.37
1.2 mm9.421.92918.8429.4442.3928.04
1.5 mm11.782.41223.5536.8052.9935.05
2 mm15.703.21631.4049.0670.6546.74
2.5 mm19.634.02039.2561.3388.3158.42
3 mm23.554.82347.1073.59105.9870.10
4 mm31.406.43162.8098.13141.3093.47
5 mm39.258.03978.50122.66176.63116.84
6 mm47.109.64794.20147.19211.95140.21
8 mm62.8012.862125.60196.25282.60186.94
10 mm78.5016.078157.00245.31353.25233.68
12 mm94.2019.294188.40294.38423.90280.41
15 mm117.7524.117235.50367.97529.88350.52
20 mm157.0032.156314.00490.63706.50467.36
25 mm196.2540.195392.50613.28883.13584.20

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How it is worked out

Weight per m² = 1 m² × thickness × density. For 2 mm: 1 × 0.002 m × 7850 kg/m³ = 15.70 kg. A whole sheet is that times its area: 1000 × 2000 mm is 2 m², so 31.40 kg.

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Questions people ask

How much does 2 mm steel sheet weigh per square metre?
15.70 kg (3.216 lb per square foot). Steel sheet weighs 7.85 kg/m² for every millimetre of thickness.
What does a 1000 × 2000 mm sheet of 2 mm weigh?
31.40 kg. A 1250 × 2500 mm sheet weighs 49.06 kg and a 4 × 8 ft (1220 × 2440 mm) one 46.74 kg.
How do you calculate the weight of a sheet?
Length × width × thickness × density. With a density of 7850 kg/m³ that is 7.85 kg per m² for each mm of thickness.