Aluminium Foil Thickness Values and Measuring Methods

Aluminium Foil Thickness Values for Different Types of Application:

Aluminum foil for cigarette packing (1235-O, 8079-O): 0.006 ~ 0.007mm

Aluminium foil food packaging (8011-O): 0.008 to 0.02mm

Alu foil for battery(1235-H18, 1060-H18, 1070-H18): 0.012 to 0.035mm

Aluminium foil for pharmaceutics (8011-H18; 8021-O): 0.02 to 0.075mm

Aluminum foil for container (8011-H24,3003-H24,8011-H22): 0.02 to 0.20mm

Alu foil for air conditioner(3102, 8011-H22/H24/H26): 0.08 to 0.2mm

Alu foil for cable wrapping(1235-O): 0.006 to 0.04mm

Aluminium Foil Thickness Measuring Methods

The width and length of aluminium foil is usually measured by a ruler in centimeters. Crumple the piece of foil into a small ball or fold it into a small shape and place it on a milligram balance to find the weight. Records the values on a sheet of paper or data table.

The relationships of different values are:

density = mass ÷ volume

volume = length x width x height.

thickness=mass÷ (length of foil x width of foil x density of aluminum)

The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/cm3. So if you have a piece of aluminum foil of 15 cm long, 20 cm wide and 1.8 g weight, the calculation is 1.8 ÷ (15 x 20 x 2.7)=0.00222 cm.

If you want to convert the thickness into inches, remember that 1 cm is equivalent to 0.39370 inches. In the example above, you would work out 0.00222 x 0.39370, which is 0.000874 inches.