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Does the mil in thin mil glove stand for micron, and is the thickness of these gloves provided in microns eg G10 Blue Nitrile is 6.7 mil thickness, is this a micron measurement?

April 26, 2017BLUE g10 Glove gloves Micron microns mil provided stand thickness

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Does the mil in thin mil glove stand for micron, and is the thickness of these gloves provided in microns eg G10 Blue Nitrile is 6.7 mil thickness, is this a micron measurement?

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We need to be careful about terminology here – the ‘mil’ in this context is a US imperial measurement and not related to micron or mm. In imperial measurement ‘mil’ is 0.001 inches (milli inch or thousandth of an inch) The thickness of the G10 blue nitrile gloves is 0.06mm.