Our tube mill manufactures products specified down as far as micron level, in some cases. That’s just a millionth of a metre. The following conversion tables outline the units used to measure tubes in our range including metric and imperial units.
CONVERSION FACTORS
|
1 mm |
= 0.001 m |
|
1 micron (µm) |
= 0.000001 m |
|
1 mm |
= 1000 micron (µm) |
|
0.1 mm |
= 100 micron (µm) |
|
1 inch |
= 25.4 mm |
|
1 micro inch (µ”) |
= 0.000001 x 25.4 x 1000 µm (micron)
= 0.0254 µm (micron)
|
|
32 µ” |
= 0.81 µm |
|
1 milli |
= 1 thousandth |
|
1 micro |
= 1 millionth |
|
1 mm |
= 1 thousandth of a metre |
|
1 micron |
= 1 millionth of a metre |
Multiple and Submultiple Units
|
Unit prefix |
Symbol |
Magnitude |
|
micro |
µ |
0.000 001 (10-6) |
|
milli |
m |
0.001 (10-3) |
|
cent |
c |
0.01 (10-2) |
|
deci |
d |
0.1 (10-1) |
|
deka |
da |
10 (101) |
|
hecto |
h |
100 (102) |
|
kilo |
k |
1000 (103) |
|
mega |
M |
1 000 000 (106) |
|
giga |
G |
1 000 000 000 (109) |
|
tera |
T |
1 000 000 000 000 (1012) |