This is also the reason why Dumet is only useful for wire diameters lower than about 0.5 mm.
To increase the conductance of a mesh screen you have to minimize the amount of material in the way, this is done by either reducing the wire diameter or weaving the cloth to produce rectangular openings.
The radiation resistance is about 73 ohms if wire diameter is ignored, making it easily matched to a coaxial transmission line.
AWG stands for "American Wire Gauge" and is a standard in the United States for wire diameters.
The typical range of the wire diameter used in wave soldering is about 0.01 in, but the feasible range is from 0.001 in to 0.1 in.
We need to assume a finite wire diameter, and we can do that without landing in a sea of further complications.
Increasing gauge numbers give decreasing wire diameters, which is similar to many other non-metric gauging systems.
When ordering wire cloth, it is important to consider wire diameter, mesh, and opening width.
Mill Grade sieves use a thinner wire diameter, which provide more open area for a given mesh size.
Tensile Bolting Cloth uses very fine wire diameters, and thus provides the highest fraction of open area of all sieve types; it is often used for fine sifting and screen printing.