What is the thickness of steel used to construct a standard 42 U.S. gallon oil barrel?

Question

I am trying to conduct a heat transfer calculation for a system with a standard 42 U.S. gallon oil barrel of 316SS construction and I require the thickness of the barrel's material in order to do so. If anyone knows the standard thickness used for oil barrel construction, it would be a great help!

Answer 1

While oil is still measured in 42 gallon drums, but conveyed in pipelines and tanker trucks/rail cars. These barrels were used 150 years ago, they are long gone.

Oil and gas, when transported in drums, are carried in the standard types:

http://www.drumsofsteel.com/55_gallon_co...

By the way, I've never seen a stainless drum in the field, though they are common in safety catalogs. Most I've seen are made of rusty steel.

Answer 2

I bought some 55 gallon drums a few years ago.  They are 16-gauge steel.

Oil drums are constructed from the same material.  It could be 16 gauge, or 18 gauge steel.

16 gauge = 0.06 inches.

18 gauge is a bit smaller

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