The thou, or a thousandth of an inch, is the length unit in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement, and the micrometer is the length unit in the International Metric System of Units. One thou is equal to 25.4 micrometers.
Formula:
1 thou = 25.4 micrometers
Symbol:
- Thou: th
- Micrometer: μm
Convert to Meter:
- 1 thou = 0.0000254 meters (or 2.54 × 10-5 meters)
- 1 micrometer = 10-6 meters
Examples:
- 10 thou = 10 × 25.4 micrometers = 254 micrometers
- 20 thou = 20 × 25.4 micrometers = 508 micrometers
The following is the conversion from thou to micrometers:
| thou | micrometer | thou | micrometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.4 | 20 | 508 |
| 2 | 50.8 | 30 | 762 |
| 3 | 76.2 | 40 | 1,016 |
| 4 | 101.6 | 50 | 1,270 |
| 5 | 127.0 | 60 | 1,524 |
| 6 | 152.4 | 70 | 1,778 |
| 7 | 177.8 | 80 | 2,032 |
| 8 | 203.2 | 90 | 2,286 |
| 9 | 228.6 | 100 | 2,540 |
| 10 | 254.0 | 1000 | 25,400 |
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