Micro-Mesh Grit Size Conversion Chart

The following chart can be used to compare the Micro-Mesh Abrasives to standard Grit sizes and to abrasive sizes in microns and inches.

Regular Micro Mesh	MicroMesh MX	Micro-Mesh AL	Grit (US)	Microns	Inches
		300	180	80	0.0030
	60		230	60	0.0024
	80		280	45	0.0018
	100	600	320	40	0.0016
	150	800	360	35	0.0014
1500	180	1500	400	30	0.0012
1800	240	1800	600	15	0.0006
2400	320	2400	900	12	0.0005
3200	360	3200	1200	9	0.0004
3600	400	3600	1350	8	0.0003
4000	600	4000	1500	5	0.0002
6000	800	6000		4	0.0002
8000	1200	8000		3	0.0001
12000		12000		2	0.0001

Note: for comparison Only. All Manufacturers Abrasives differ slightly. Grit sizes, microns and inches may be approximate in some instances.

Other pages linking here:

back to top

Send comments on this page

SIS Newsletter

Covers SIS products, services, promotions, news, and other mass spectrometer related information.

26 April 2013: SIS Aprill Newsletter; Micromass/waters , ESI Probe Capillary & Perlast® O-rings [NEW]
06 March 2013: SIS coming to Pittcon 2013; The Bullet blender and the Digivac digital vacuum gauge [NEW]
15 May 2012: Long-life MS Filaments with Yttria coated SISAlloy® (Yttria/Rhenium Alloy) Wire. [NEW]

Yttria coated filament at start
Yttria coated filament after 16,000 cycles
23 April 2012: Rotary vane vacuum pumps and two-stage vacuum filter.
3 April 2012: HPLC: Imtakt columns and NewEra syringe pump
January 2012: New Pumps Added to the List of LOW COST S.I.S. Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps - Save 35 - 50% off the price of comparable vacuum pumps.
Nov 2011: Telatemp Measurement and Recording Devices The Industry's Most Advanced Temperature Measurement & Recording Products
Oct 2011: Reducing MS Filament Warping (Article/ASMS2011)- A study on reduction of MS filament warping by use of various filament shapes and Yttria/Rhenium alloy. (SIS Application Note #96)
June 2011: Adixen (Alcatel) ACP Series Compact Dry Roughing Pumps - a frictionless pumping module, optimized for operation without internal lubricant.
June 2011: NEW Products from SGE - SilFlow™ 3 Port/4Port Splitters,ConnecTite Inlet Liners, and EC and HT Septa
June 2011: NEW - SISAlloy® (Yttria/Rhenium Alloy) MS Filaments - Mass Spectrometer filaments that reduce or eliminate sagging.
April 2011: NIST 11 Mass Spectral Library (2011 version) - Update includes 242,893 fully evaluated EI mass spectra, GC data, rapidly growing MS/MS spectra (~9,934 ion trap & ~91,557 qtof/tandem-quad collision cell spectra), and enhanced software. Pre-orders taken today.
March 2011: NEW - Handheld Digital Microscope View and capture images or video at 10x/150x power on a PC computer via attached USB cable.
March 2011: OHAUS Moisture Analyzers
Jan 2011:Next-Advance Lab Products - affordable molecular biology instruments that automate mundane tasks, freeing scientists for repetitive, time consuming procedures.
Dec 2010:NEW Filament - Direct Replacement for the Shimadzu QP5000 Filament.
Sept 2010PCI Analytics Products - product solutions for all Analytical Instrumentation
Aug 2010: GC/LC/MS courses in 2010
Jul 2010: SilTite™ FingerTite, the next generation GC capillary ferrule system without the use of any tools. (25% discount until Oct 31)
Jun 2010: Direct Replacement for the Heated Capillary in the Thermo-Fisher Scientific TSQ & LCQ Mass Spectrometers now available
Apr 2010: Triode & Mini Bayard-Alpert Hot Ionization Gauges - Ideal for use in analytical instrumentation
Feb 2010: SGE eVol®Hand-held Automated Analytical Syringe - Will improve your laboratory workflow and reporting confidence in many ways
Feb 2010: DigiVac Bench Top Vacuum Gauges - Vacuum instrumentation with everything you need to go to work
Nov 2009: Adam Analytical Balances and Moisture Analyzers.
Nov 2009: Imtakt HPLC Columns -offer a wide variety of unique stationary phases in their HPLC columns
Oct 2009: Advanced Oil-less Rocking Piston Pumps - oil-free, lightweight, low noise
Sep 2009: Programmable syringe pumps for controlled flow. Model NE-300 priced at only $275.00
Sep 2009: NEW: Wiley 9th Edition - 660,000-850,000 spectra (a 65% increase).
Also new: Mass Spectra of Designer Drugs 2009 and Pesticides 2009
Aug 2009: NEW: Agilent 5973/75 Replacement Source Heater and Temperature Sensor
Aug 2009: NEW: SIS™ Direct Replacement Filament for the Amatek/Dycor RGA Leak Detectors and Quadrupoles (p/n 95381VE), which tests have shown increase service life.
Jun 2009: NEW: SIS™ Replacement Filter Elements For Edwards Oil Mist Eliminators - Save up to 25% off the price of comparable Edwards replacement elements.
Jun 2009: NEW: LOW COST S.I.S. Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps - Save 35 - 50% off the price of comparable vacuum pumps.
Mar 2009: Mass Spec Source Newsletter - Spring 2009.
Mar 2009: New laboratory supply product line
Jun 2009: NIST 08
Identify mass spectra via library search with the fully-evaluated, most widely used mass spectral reference library, compiled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
, NIST GC
Database of 44,008 compounds common in GC analysis, each with name, synonyms, chemical formal, chemical structure diagram, ID/CAS number, and GC retention index data.
, Wiley - MS databases
Feb 2009: Handheld Digital Microscope
View and capture images or video at 20x/400x power on a PC computer via attached USB cable.
Sep 2007: 2008-2009 SIS Scientific Supply Catalog

Name:		Organization/Country:
Email:		Phone/fax: