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Rácsméret - mikron átszámító táblázat(MESH TO MICRON CONVERSION CHART)
Mesh Sizes and Microns
What
does mesh size mean? Figuring out mesh sizes is simple. All you do is
count the number of openings in one inch of screen (in the United States,
anyway.) The number of openings is the mesh size. So a 4 mesh screen means
there are four little squares across one linear inch of screen. A 100 mesh
screen has 100 openings, and so on. Note, therefore that as the number
describing the mesh size increases, the size of the particles decreases.
Higher numbers = finer powder. Mesh size is not a precise measurement of
particle size. Screens can be made with different thicknesses of wire. The
thicker the wires, the smaller the particle passing through that screen, and
vice versa.
What do the minus ( - )
and plus ( + ) plus signs mean when describing mesh sizes? Here’s a simple
example of how they work. –200 mesh aluminum would mean that all particles will
pass through a 200 mesh screen. A +200 mesh aluminum means that all the
particles are retained on a 200 mesh screen
How fine do screens get?
That depends on the wire thickness. But the supplier of our screens does not
offer any screens finer than 500 mesh. If you think about it, the finer the
weave, the closer the wires get together, eventually leaving no space between
them at all. So, beyond 325-400 mesh, we usually describe particle size in
“microns.”
What is a micron? A micron is another measurement
we use for measuring particle size. A micron is one-millionth of a meter or one
twenty-five thousandth of an inch. This table is adapted from a post made by Ken Kosanke to the PML and previously published in a PGII Bulletin.
U.S.
Standard * Space between wires
Sieve Mesh No.
Inches Microns** Typical material
14 0.056 1400
28
0.028 700 Beach
sand
60
0.0098 250 Fine
sand
100
0.0059 150
200
0.0030 74
Portland cement
325
0.0017 44 Silt
400
0.0015 37 Plant
Pollen
(1200)
0.0005 12 Red
Blood Cell
(2400)
0.0002 6
(4800)
0.0001 2
Cigarette smoke
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