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| 3’’ | 50 | 76.2 | 80 | 
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| 21/2’’ | 49 | 63.5 | 63 | 
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| 2’’ | 48 | 50.8 | 50 | 
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| 11/2’’ | 47 | 38.1 | 40 | 
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| 11/4’’ | 46 | 31.7 | 31.5 | 
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| 1’’ | 45 | 25.4 | 25 | 
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| ¾’’ | 44 | 19.1 | 20 | 
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| 2/3’’ | 43 | 16.9 | 16 | 
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| ½’’ | 42 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 
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| 3/8’’ | 41 | 9.52 | 10 | 
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| 1/3’’ | 40 | 7.93 | 8 | 
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| ¼’’ | 39 | 6.35 | 6.3 | 
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| 3/16’’ | 38 | 4.76 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 99 | 
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| 5 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 98 | 
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| 6 | 36 | 3.36 | 3.15 | 58 | 3 | 97 | 
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| 8 | 35 | 2.38 | 2.5 | 98 | 5 | 95 | 
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| 10 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 150 | 7 | 93 | 
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| 12 | 33 | 1.68 | 1.6 | 247 | 12 | 88 | 
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| 16 | 32 | 1.19 | 1.25 | 409 | 20 | 80 | 
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| 18 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 617 | 31 | 69 | 
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| 20 | 30 | 0.84 | 0.8 | 826 | 41 | 59 | 
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| 30 | 29 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 1086 | 54 | 46 | 
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| 35 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1298 | 65 | 35 | 
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| 40 | 27 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1466 | 73 | 27 | 
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| 50 | 26 | 0.315 | 0.315 | 1599 | 80 | 20 | 
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| 60 | 25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1737 | 87 | 13 | 
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| 70 | 24 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1811 | 91 | 9 | 
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| 100 | 23 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1867 | 93 | 7 | 
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| 120 | 22 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 1900 | 95 | 5 | 
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| 140 | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1921 | 96 | 4 | 
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| 200 | 20 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1937 | 97 | 3 | 
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