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Accurately measuring diameter of very fine copper wire ?
Not the first time I've met this problem.
Say nominally about 0.05mm . With a micrometer, how much are you compressing it? could easily be out by 20 percent out and squaring that if using weight to length via density or resistance calculation via resistivity, is very iffy. If access to a microgram resolution of weighing scales then a few metres of the wire and density of copper and allowance for enamelling , but no highly accurate weighing machine. Optically comparing under a microscope needs known diameter standards. How about a longish length , folded 6 times until 64 wires. Maybe longer/more bulk. Hand twist together until it will not sensibly tighten any more. Take average diameter, use packing factor allowance, and infer for 1 wire diameter, how better accuracy might that be.? If I start from known good coil of say 46swg enamelled wire and do this 64 wire trick , to work backwards, how accurate/reliable would the manufacture sizing be ? Any other ideas? |
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