index to the

Materials category

blocks & bricks

firebrick

nonmodular brick sizes

modular brick sizes

brick grades

glass block

cable (wire rope)

ceiling tile

chemicals

cloth, see textiles

down

electric power

Africa

Asia and Oceania

Central America and the Caribbean

Europe

Middle East

South America

wire connectors ("wire nuts")

electric wire and cable

metrically-sized equivalents to American Wire Gauge-sized cable

AWG-sized equivalents to metrically-sized cable

metrically-sized equivalents to British Standard Wire Gauge-sized cable

SWG-sized equivalents to metrically-sized cable

electronic components

capacitors

resistors

resistor color code

written usage for resistance values

standard resistor values

letter code for resistor's temperature coefficient

letter code for resistor and capacitor tolerances

silicon wafers

solder

envelopes

explosives

    black blasting powder

fertilizer

fuels

anthracite

bituminous coal

fuel oil

glass

glass

glazing glass and plastic sizes

safety glass

ice blocks

lubricants

    automobile engine oil

lumber

flooring, see janka

hardwood

sawn deal lumber, U. K.

softwood

dimensions, U.S.

grades

hardwood flooring

railroad ties

softwood plywood

utility poles

metal

aluminum alloys

colors of heated metals

gold foil

sheet metal and hoop gauges (British)

shot

slotted steel angle

solder

tinplate

paper

ISO

ISO A sizes, such as A4

ISO B

ISO C

ISO RA

Japan

United States

U.S. printing paper sizes

US technical drawing paper sizes

historic sizes

19th century British sizes

19th century American sizes

pipe & tubing

copper pipe

glass tubing

metal tubing

plastic pipe

plastics

    recycling code

rebar

roofing materials

shakes

shingles

spermaceti

textiles

duck

Japanese cloth measures

sewing thread

wire cloth

wire gauges (inch)

wire rope

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