Plain steel wire mesh are inexpensive and tough. It can also be called as black wire cloth, low carbon steel wire cloth, plain steel screens.
These plain steel wire meshes are plain square weave.
Plain steel wire mesh is a fairly stiff material and is prone to rusting . 
Plain steel is a low carbon (not heat treated) material which are inexpensive, so it is a good and economical choice when corrosion is not a key factor.
Plain steel wire mesh is mainly serves as filter wire cloth in rubber industry, plastics industry and grain industry.

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Plain steel Wire Mesh - Examples of Uses

• Fireplace screens
• Small guards
• Oil strainers

Plain steel Wire Mesh - Cutting Plain steel meshes with wire diameters from .001 inch to .010 are easily cut with scissors. The heavier wire diameters from .011 up to about .047 can be cut with tin snips. Wire diameters over .047 inches are difficult to cut with hand tools but a compound aircraft-style hand shear can usually nibble its way through.

How to Choose Plain steel Wire Mesh
For someone unfamiliar with wire mesh terminology, 2 mesh has two wires in each direction in a square inch. You could easily pass a pencil through the openings. 16 mesh is what is used in a window or porch screens to keep out common insects. 60x40 mesh is the size commonly used in kitchen faucets. An 80 mesh has an opening which will barely pass a human hair. A piece of paper is about three thousandths (.003) of an inch.