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Victor,

A micrometer (micron) is a millionth of a meter.

A microinch is a millionth of an inch.

An inch is smaller than a meter.

Therefore a micrinch is smaller than a micrometer.

You may be getting confused with nanometers which are a millionth of a
millimetre and are indeed, very small.

Regards, 
  
  

Eric  Christison 
Mechanical Engineer 
Home, Personal, Communication Sector - Imaging Division 
STMicroelectronics 
33 Pinkhill 
Edinburgh 
EH12 7BF 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Victor G. 
> Hernandez
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 2:24 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Intermetallic Layer
> 
> 
> I have been stating all along that MICRONS are a SMALLER unit 
> of measure than MICRO INCHES.
> 
> Victor,
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Indrek Rebane
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:56 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Intermetallic Layer
> 
> Hi Victor,
> 
> Victor G. Hernandez wrote:
> > Microns are smaller units of measure than MICRO INCHES.
> 
> You seem to be confusing microinches with mils. One microinch 
> is thousandth of mil, which is thousandth of inch. One 
> microinch is 0.0254 microns.
> 
> Indrek,
> Actually a proponent of the SI (Metric) system.
> 
> -- 
> Indrek Rebane
> Borthwick-Pignon OÜ, R&D
> Riia 185, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
> Phone: +372 7 302 641, Fax: +372 7 383 041
> 
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