PARTICLE SIZES FOR CARBOREX®

Grit size to micron comparison chart

This grit chart is designed to give a general guideline for correlating FEPA, ANSI and JIS grit sizes to approximate micrometer sizes of the grit sizes.*

FEPA
Grit Size


D3% Max(micrometer)

 

D50
+/- (average micrometer size)


D94% Min (micrometer)

 

F 230

82

53 +/-3

34

F 240

70

44.5 +/-2

28

F 280

59

36.5 +/-1.5

22

F 320

49

29.2 +/-1.5

16.5

F 360

40

22.8 +/-1.5

12

F 400

32

17.3 +/-1.5

8

F 500

25

12.8 +/-1

5

F 600

19

9.3 +/-1

3

F 800

14

6.5 +/-1

2

F 1000

10

4.5 +/-0.8

1

F 1200

7

3 +/-0.5

1 (at 80%)

F 1500

5

2 +/-0.4

0.8 (at 80%)

F 2000

3.5

1.2 +/-0.3

0.5 (at 80%)

 

 

 

 

ANSI
Grit Size

Maximum
Micrometer Size

Average
Micrometer Size

Minimum
Micrometer Size

  8

3300

2210

1650

10

2667

1854

1397

12

2286

1600

1143

14

1905

1346

940

16

1650

1092

787

20

940

1346

660

24

1092

686

457

30

813

559

356

36

762

483

305

46

559

356

241

54

496

305

203

60

406

254

165

70

330

203

127

80

292

165

102

90

241

145

89

100

203

122

63

120

165

102

50

150

140

89

38

180

114

76

25

220

102

63

20

240

85

50

25

280

70

39

19

320

60

31

14

400

45

22

11

500

40

19

10

600

35

16

9

700

32

14

7

800

30

12

5

900

23

9

3

1000

23

7

2

CF1

95

48

22

F

77

40

18

FF

67

33

14

FFF Coarse

55

25

11

FFF

45

19

10

FFFF

35

11

4

JIS Grit Size

D3% Max(micrometer)

D50
+/- (average micrometer size)

D94% Min (micrometer)

240

103

57 +/-3

40

280

87

48 +/-3

33

320

74

40 +/-2.5

27

360

66

35 +/-2

23

400

58

30 +/-2

20

500

50

25 +/-2

16

600

43

20 +/-1.5

13

700

37

17 +/-1.3

11

800

31

14 +/-1

9

1000

27

11.5 +/-1

7

1200

23

9.5 +/-0.8

5.5

1500

20

8 +/-0.6

4.5

2000

17

6.7 +/-0.6

4

2500

14

5.5 +/-0.5

3

3000

11

4 +/-0.5

2

4000

8

3 +/-0.4

1.3

6000

5

2 +/-0.4

0.8

8000

3.5

1.2 +/-0.3

0.6 (at 75%)

*This chart is presented in good faith only as a approximation for correlating standard grit sizes to micron sizing. Washington Mills makes no warranty of exact measurements.

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