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  2. Micrometre - Wikipedia

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    The micrometre (Commonwealth English as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; [1] SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, [2] is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling 1 × 10 −6 metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10 −6); that is, one millionth of a metre (or one thousandth of a ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    100 μm – smallest distance that can be seen with the naked eye; 100 μm – average diameter of a strand of human hair [25] 100 μm – thickness of a coat of paint; 100 μm – length of a dust particle; 120 μm – the geometric mean of the Planck length and the diameter of the observable universe: √ 8.8 × 10 26 m × 1.6 × 10 −35 m

  4. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    1.2 Micron. 1.3 S or super S number. 2 ... semi-opaque (30 to 40 denier), opaque (40 to 70 denier) and thick ... the weight in pounds of a piece of fabric if it were ...

  5. Wool measurement - Wikipedia

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    Every fleece comprises a very wide range of fibre diameters—for example a typical Merino fleece will contain fibres of as low as 10 microns in diameter, and there could be fibres with diameters exceeding 25 microns, depending on the age and health (or nutrition) of the sheep. What is usually referred to as wool's "micron" is the mean of the ...

  6. Thousandth of an inch - Wikipedia

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    A thousandth of an inch is a derived unit of length in a system of units using inches.Equal to 1 ⁄ 1000 of an inch, a thousandth is commonly called a thou / ˈ θ aʊ / (used for both singular and plural) or, particularly in North America, a mil (plural mils).

  7. List of semiconductor scale examples - Wikipedia

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    Oxide thickness [1] MOSFET logic Researcher(s) Organization Ref; June 1960: 20,000 nm: 100 nm: PMOS: Mohamed M. Atalla, Dawon Kahng: Bell Telephone Laboratories [2] [3] NMOS: 10,000 nm: 100 nm: PMOS Mohamed M. Atalla, Dawon Kahng: Bell Telephone Laboratories [4] NMOS May 1965: 8,000 nm 150 nm: NMOS Chih-Tang Sah, Otto Leistiko, A.S. Grove ...

  8. The best air purifiers of 2025 - AOL

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    HEPA Filters: High-efficiency particulate air filters are certified to remove at least 99.97% of particulates that are .3 microns in diameter on the low end (H10) and up to 99.995% of particulates ...

  9. S number (wool) - Wikipedia

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    The S numbers originated in England, [4] where the worsted spinning process was invented and arose from the worsted yarn count system for stating the fineness of yarn. The worsted count (also known as the Bradford count) was the number of 560-yard (510 m) lengths (hanks) of worsted yarn that 1 pound (0.45 kg) of wool yields. [5]