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Powder Mesh Sizes
Table to convert US and European units of powder particle size (granulometry) – Mesh / Sieve / Microns / mm / inches.
Most of our food ingredients are in the range 20-200 Mesh
Please contact our friendly and knowledgeable technical sales colleagues to help guide you to the best grades of powders to suit your products.
Larger sieve openings (1 in. to 1/4 in.) have been designated by a sieve “mesh” size that corresponds to the size of the opening in inches.
Smaller sieve “mesh” sizes of 3 1/2 to 400 are designated by the number of openings per linear inch in the sieve.
The following convention is used to characterize particle size by mesh designation:
a “+” before the sieve mesh indicates the particles are retained by the sieve;
a “-” before the sieve mesh indicates the particles pass through the sieve;
typically 90% or more of the particles will lie within the indicated range.
For example, if the particle size of a material is described as -4 +40 mesh, then 90% or more of the material will pass through a 4-mesh sieve (particles smaller than 4.76 mm) and be retained by a 40-mesh sieve (particles larger than 0.420 mm).
If a material is described as -40 mesh, then 90% or more of the material will pass through a 40-mesh sieve (particles smaller than 0.420 mm).