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Pipe Thread Sizes - BSP Threads

The document defines 15 British Standard Pipe (BSP) thread sizes ranging from 1/16" to 6". Originally, the size number indicated the inner diameter in inches of the pipe, but now simply identifies the size. A table provides details on each size including major diameter, pitch, gauge length, corresponding pipe outer diameter and thickness. The major diameter listed is the outer diameter of the external thread or, for tapered threads, the diameter at the gauge length from the small end of the thread.

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Pipe Thread Sizes - BSP Threads

The document defines 15 British Standard Pipe (BSP) thread sizes ranging from 1/16" to 6". Originally, the size number indicated the inner diameter in inches of the pipe, but now simply identifies the size. A table provides details on each size including major diameter, pitch, gauge length, corresponding pipe outer diameter and thickness. The major diameter listed is the outer diameter of the external thread or, for tapered threads, the diameter at the gauge length from the small end of the thread.

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Pipe thread sizes – BSP Threads

A list of 15 thread sizes are defined by the standards, ranging from 1/16” to 6”. The
size number was originally based on the inner diameter measured in inches (25.4
mm) of a steel tube for which the thread was intended, but is in the modern metric
version of the standard simply a size number.

Major diameter
Corresponding pipe
Thread of the thread
Gauge
size Threads Pitch [mm]
length Thick-
per inch [mm] OD OD
BSP Measured across [mm] DN ness
[mm] [in]
[mm]
the male thread

1/16 28 0.907 7.723 4

1/8 28 0.907 9.728 4 6 10.2 0.40 2

1/4 19 1.337 13.157 6 8 13.5 0.53 2.3

3/8 19 1.337 16.662 6.4 10 17.2 0.68 2.3

1/2 14 1.814 20.995 8.2 15 21.3 0.84 2.6

3/4 14 1.814 26.441 9.5 20 26.9 1.06 2.6

1 11 2.309 33.249 10.4 25 33.7 1.33 3.2

1¼ 11 2.309 41.910 12.7 32 42.4 1.67 3.2

1½ 11 2.309 47.803 12.7 40 48.3 1.90 3.2

2 11 2.309 59.614 15.9 50 60.3 2.37 3.6

2½ 11 2.309 75.184 17.5 65 76.1 3.00 3.6

3 11 2.309 87.884 20.6 80 88.9 3.50 4

4 11 2.309 113.030 25.5 100 114.3 4.50 4.5

5 11 2.309 138.430 28.6 125 139.7 5.50 5

6 11 2.309 163.830 28.6 150 165.1 6.50 5

The major diameter listed is the outer diameter of the external thread. For a taper
thread, it is the diameter at the "gauge length" from the small end of the thread. The
taper is "1 to 16", meaning that for each 16 mm increase in the distance from the
end, the diameter increases by 1 mm.

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