RE: what is a mil?

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• Subject: RE: what is a mil?
• From: "Federico Price" <fprice3-at-acnet-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 18:22:43 -0700
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Heck, there are even "Circular Mils" used  as transverse area measurements
and they are also used to rate large size wire and cable:  for example: 400
MCM is 400,000 circular mils in area.

Best of the 2000's to all of you!!

Federico Price
2000-01-01
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Subject: Re: what is a mil?

Original Poster: "Reinhard Walter Buchner" <rw.buchner-at-verbund-dot-net>

Hi Max,

> Original Poster: Max Erhard <max.erhard-at-softhome-dot-net>
>
> I would immediately assume that a mil is a millimetre but it appears
> that I have been confused by all the americans here, talking about
> dielectric thicknesses of 23 mils and the like. Clearly no one would
> ever need a dielectric 23mm thick. So what is a mil then I ask?

Gottcha there didnīt we ;ö) ?

1" = 25.4mm
1mm = 0.03937"

1mil NOT = 1mm

1 mil = 0.001" (mil is the abbreviation for 1/1000 th)


Coiler greets from Germany,
Reinhard

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