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Mechanical Galvanized Coating Thickness

As an architect I am researching the various kinds of galvanizing that can be applied to nails used in exterior construction. I have inch decimal thickness for electro galvanizing and hot dipped.

I found a reference to mechanical galvanizing of nails as including 7 different thickness with the thickest being 107 [mu]m. I have no idea how to convert this to decimal of an inch. Could someone give me the range of thicknesses in decimal inch form.

Harvey Freeman
Architect - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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I am not positive what '[mu]m' means, but it sounds like microns (sometimes called micrometers), which is abbreviated with the greek letter mu or that letter followed by m--which reads like your '[mu]m' . So that is probably what you are referring to. A meter is 39.4 inches, so a micrometer is 39.4 microinches and 107 micrometers would be .0042". This sounds like a reasonable limiting thickness for mechanical plating / mechanical galvanizing.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

Dear MR. Larry,

As someone answered you the conversion is correct, but most exactly .0042126 inches if you are having troubles to convert between measurement units. I hope this helps you.

Thanks.

Eliseo Izquierdo
- Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
2004

It is easy 107 micron(meters)divide it by 1000 be convert to 0.107 mm. and divide it by 25.4 mm. (because 1 inch equal 25.4 mm.) the solution is 0.0043 inch or 4.3 mils.

Tawatchai Sujitranuruk
- Thailand
2004

Try www.onlineconversion.com It converts almost everything into almost anything.

Hans Bosveld
- Nieuwegein, Netherlands
2004