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Filtration Information:  Micron Equivalents Chart

Approximate Size Equivalents
Inches (Diameter) Microns (Diameter) Screen Mesh Equivalent Common Materials
0.00004 1 - Clay, Colloids
0.0002

0.0004

5

10

 

1470

Bentonite, Talcum Powder, Fine Silt, Barites, Red Blood Corpuscles, Fine Cement Dust, Cocoa
0.0018

0.002

0.003

44

53

74

325

270

200

Pollen, Milled Flour, Coarse Silt, Fine Human Hair
0.004

0.006

105

149

140

100

API Sand, Coarse Human Hair, Table Salt
0.012

0.02

0.04

297

500

1000

50

35

18

Coarse Sand

 

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