What is 12mm in Micrometres?

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What is 12 Millimetres (12mm) in Micrometres (μm)?

What is 12mm in μm? Convert 12 Millimetres (12mm) to Micrometres (μm) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Millimetres to Micrometres

Formula
μm = mm x 1000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Micrometres, multiply the number of Millimetres by 1,000.0
Millimetres (mm) in 1 Micrometre
There are 0 Millimetres in 1 Micrometre
Micrometres (μm) in 1 Millimetre
There are 1000 Micrometres in 1 Millimetre

Unit Information

Millimetre
/ˈmɪlɪmiːtə/
Symbol: mm
Unit System: SI

What is the Millimetre?

The millimetre (American spelling millimeter) is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol mm.

There are 1000 mm in 1 m and 10 mm in 1 cm. From this one can derive that there are 0.03937 in.

The millimetre is sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'mil' - which can cause confusion in the US as there is a unit there that means thousandth of an inch.

Micrometre
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə/
Symbol: μm
Unit System: SI

What is the Micrometre?

The micrometre (American spelling micrometer) is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol μm.

It represents one millionth of a metre and is also known by its previously depreciated name micron.

In the US, the term 'micron' helped distinguish the unit name from the device 'micrometer' but the International System of Units (SI) discontinued this term in favour of micrometre as the prefix system required the use of the Greek symbol 'μ' which invoked the factor x10−6.


Conversion Tables for Millimetres (mm) to Micrometres (μm)