Why a dedicated steel page?
Use this page when a supplier quote, nest, or cutting list is in steel and you need kilograms or pounds before you order. It is also the right starting point for flame-cut plate, turned bar, metal tube weight and welded pipework in carbon steel. For kg per metre of round bar or tube, enter diameter (and wall) and set length to 1 m.
Formula
10 mm steel plate, 2 m × 1 m
Alloys on this page
- Mild Steel — 7.85 g/cm³. Typical shop value for S275 / A36 class carbon steel.
- Carbon Steel — 7.85 g/cm³. General carbon steels; similar mass to mild steel for estimating.
- EN8 — 7.85 g/cm³. 080M40 medium-carbon steel, common for shafts and pins.
- EN19 — 7.85 g/cm³. 709M40 alloy steel used for high-tensile shafts and gears.
- EN24 — 7.85 g/cm³. 817M40 nickel-chromium-molybdenum steel.
Mill tolerances, mill scale and coatings add a little mass. Laser-cut parts lose the kerf. Tube and pipe use OD and wall — a metal tube weight calculator is the same hollow-cylinder formula. Unit mass of steel is 7850 kg/m³; weight of steel per cubic cm is 7.85 g and per cubic inch about 0.283 lb. It is also a mild steel weight calculator and a steel plate weight calculator (L × W × T × 7850). Worked examples: 20 mm steel plate 1 m × 1 m = 157 kg; Ø20 round bar ≈ 2.47 kg/m; 100 × 50 × 10 mm plate ≈ 0.39 kg; Ø50 × 3 mm tube ≈ 3.48 kg/m. If you need a certified shipping weight, weigh the bundle — this calculator is for engineering estimates and material take-offs.
How toolrooms estimate this before machining
Before we order plate or bar for a die, we run the blank size through this same formula. 7.85 g/cm³ is close enough for mild steel, EN8 and EN24 take-offs; stainless is heavier and we do not use 7.85 for it.
See the full material weight calculator for plastics, titanium, tool steels and custom densities, or jump to Aluminium, Copper, Stainless steel, Brass, Titanium.
Need mass from a CAD solid instead of typed sizes? Open the STEP, STP, IGES & IGS weight calculator. That page also weighs a SolidWorks part, a .3ds mesh, and a Rhino file. To view the model first and check a length, diameter, radius or angle, use the CAD Viewer.