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CM - Circular Mil Area

The circular mil is a unit used to measure the cross-sectional area of wires and cables. It is defined as the area of a circle with a diameter of 0.001 inches. The area of a circular wire in circular mils can be calculated by squaring its diameter in mils. Other units like square mils and metric units can be converted to and from circular mils using defined conversion factors.

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CM - Circular Mil Area

The circular mil is a unit used to measure the cross-sectional area of wires and cables. It is defined as the area of a circle with a diameter of 0.001 inches. The area of a circular wire in circular mils can be calculated by squaring its diameter in mils. Other units like square mils and metric units can be converted to and from circular mils using defined conversion factors.

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The circular mil is a unit of area used especially when denoting the cross-sectional size of a wire or cable.

A circular mil is the equivalent area of a circle whose diameter is 0.001 (10-3) inch, or approximately0.7854 millionths of a square inch. Mils of circular wire or cable can be calculated as: mils = 1000 d where d = diameter of cable or wire (inches)
Example - Calculating Mil

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Mils of a 1 inch wire: mils = 1000 (1 in) = 1000 Mils of a 1/2 inch wire: mils = 1000 (1/2 in) = 500

The Circular Mil


The circular mil area of a wire or cable is equal to its diameter - expressed in mils squared: CM = mil 2 where CM = circular mil area (CM) The diameter in mil of a circular wire can be expressed as: mil = CM1/2 (2b) (2)

Example - Calculating mil area

The mil area of an 3/8 in wire (0.375 in or 375 mil) can be calculated as CM = (375 mils) (375 mils) = 140625 cmil
Example - Calculating mil

The mil of an circular wire with area 140625 CM can be calculated as mil = 1406251/2 = 375 mils

The Square Mil Area

The square mil is the area of a square whose sides are one mil, or 1 x 10-3 inch, and can be expressed as: One Square Mil = (1 x 10-3)2 = 1 x 10-6 in2

Converting Circular Mil to Square Inch


1 Circular mil = 0.7854 x 10-6 Square Inch

Converting Circular Mil to Square Mil


1 Circular Mil = 0.7854 Square Mil 1 Square Mil = 1.27 Circular Mils

Converting Circular Mil to metric units


1 circular mil = 5.066 x 10-10 m2 = 5.066 x 10-6 cm2 1 m2 = 1.974 x 109 circular mil 1 cm2 = 1.974 x 105 circular mil

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