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.