What is 20mil in Nanometres?

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What is 20 Mils (20mil) in Nanometres (nm)?

What is 20mil in nm? Convert 20 Mils (20mil) to Nanometres (nm) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Mils to Nanometres

Formula
nm = mil x 25400
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Nanometres, multiply the number of Mils by 25.4 thousand
Mils (mil) in 1 Nanometre
There are 0 Mils in 1 Nanometre
Nanometres (nm) in 1 Mil
There are 25400 Nanometres in 1 Mil

Unit Information

Mil
/mɪl/
Symbol: mil
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mil?

The mil is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol mil (or sometimes thou).

A mil in one one-thousandth of an inch (0.001 inches) or 25.4 μm.

The mil is still used in the US to measure thickness of various materials.

Nanometre
/ˈnanə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə/
Symbol: nm
Unit System: SI

What is the Nanometre?

The nanometre is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol nm.

1 nm is equal to one one-billionth of a metre. (Nano is the prefix for one billionth). It is used to express dimensions on an atomic scale for example a helium atom has a radius of approximately 0.03nm.

The nanometre was previously known as the millimicrometre (or the millimicron).


Conversion Tables for Mils (mil) to Nanometres (nm)