How do i convert "mill" thickness of material to inches or millimeters?

Question

i am not familiar with "mill" thickness and haven't worked with that type of measuring.

IF something is stated as 17mill thickness, what does that convert to? and how? i appreciate any & all reponses.

Answer 1

Do not listen to answer # one,  IT is totally incorrect.  A mil, as stated in other answers is indeed one thousandth of an inch, and NOT 1 millimeter.

do a wikipedia search and verify if you need to!

Answer 2

A mill or mil is a thousandth of an inch, 0.001".

It is 0.0254 millimetres or 25.4 micrometres.

The abbreviation for millimetres is mm.

Edit:

It is also known as a "thou"

Answer 3

"MIL" is defined as one of the following two measurements:

- A unit of angular measurement, sometimes used in radar antennas, equal to 1/6400 of the circumference of a circle.

- A unit of length, equal to 0.001 inch

Therefore something measured to be "17 mils" in thickness would be  0.017 inches = 0.4318 millimeters

Answer 4

One mil is one thousandth of an inch or .0254 millimeters

Answer 5

A mill is already a millimetre. It's just a short way of saying it. To convert it into an inch:

1 millimeter = 0.0393700787 inch

So 17 mill = 17 millimetres = 0.66929 inches

Answer 6

If you mean "mil", then 1 mil equals 0.001 inch equals 0.0254mm.

17mil equals 0.017 inch equals 0.4318mm.