U.S.

rebar sizes: Imperial bar designations represent the bar diameter in fractions of 1/8
inch, such that #8 = 8/8 inch = 1 inch diameter. Area = (bar size/9) 2 such that area of #8
= (8/9)2 = 0.79 inch. This applies to #8 bars and smaller. Larger bars have a slightly
larger diameter than the one computed using the 1/8 inch convention.

Imperial
Bar Size
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#14
#18

"Soft"
Metric
Size
#10
#13
#16
#19
#22
#25
#29
#32
#36
#40
#43
#57

Weight Weight
(lb/ft) (kg/m)
0.376
0.668
1.043
1.502
2.044
2.670
3.400
4.303
5.313
6.424
7.650
13.60

Nominal
Diameter

(in)
0.561 0.375 = 3/8
0.996 0.500 = 1/2
1.556 0.625 = 5/8
2.24
0.750 = 3/4
3.049 0.875 = 7/8
3.982 1.000 = 8/8
5.071 1.128
6.418 1.270
7.924 1.410
9.619 1.50
11.41 1.693
20.284 2.257

Nominal
Diameter
(mm)
9.525
12.7
15.875
19.05
22.225
25.4
28.65
32.26
35.81
38.1
43
57.33

Nominal
Area
(in)
0.11
0.20
0.31
0.44
0.60
0.79
1.00
1.27
1.56
1.76
2.25
4.00

Nominal
Area
(mm)
71
129
200
284
387
509
645
819
1006
1140
1452
2581

European sizes: Metric bar designations represent the nominal bar diameter in
millimetres. Bars in Europe will be specified to comply with the standard EN 10080.
Unit weights for rebar or reinforcing bar length 11,75 meters. Rebar weight table for
reinforcing bars from 5, 5 mm to 32 mm.

rebar
size
(mm)

1 meter rebar
weights (kg)

1 rebars weights length for 1 tonn

11,75 m (kg)
of steel rebars

5,5

0,187

2,19

5347

6,0

0,222

2,60

4504

8,0

0,395

4,64

2531`

10,0

0,617

7,25

1620

12,0

0,888

10,43

1126

14,0

1,210

14,21

826

16,0

1,580

18,56

633

18,0

2,000

23,50

500

20,0

2,470

29,00

405

22,0

2,980

35,00

335

25,0

3,850

45,23

260

28,0

4,830

56,75

207

32,0

6,310

74,14

158

Steel rebar formula

There are four main rules for steel reinforced concrete beams:
1. To count the height of the reinforced concrete beam devide the gap length by 20. For
example: the gap is 4 meters. Th minimum height of the concrete beam should be 4 / 20
= 0,2 meter
2. To count the width of the concrete beam: Multiply the height by 5 and devide by 7. For
example: the beam height is 0,2 meter. 0,2 x 5 / 7 = 0,14 m.
3. The beam should be enforsed with at least 4 steel round bars d12-14 in two levels.
4. The concrete should be applied all volume at once without big waiting gaps.