High Performance to Noise Ratio in Noctua's Next Generation A-Series Fans

HoffY said:
FYI: 1mm of coating int he paint world is a LOT of paint. ;) (try 100-250 microns just as a rough target).
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One mil is not one MM. It is 0.025MM or 25 microns, 100 microns or 4 mils would be quite thick for a single stage paint that you have from a spray can unless you are spraying a high build primer first.

FYI I am a coatings inspector.
 
HoffY said:
So what you really meant to say was... "thou" ;) bloody backwards yanks :p
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No, I meant Mil, which is the actual measurement, and is one of the only 3 measurement units you can select on the majority of DFT gauges for coating thickness measurements. That being Mils, Microns and Millimeter, with Mil being the most cited in coatings specs and product data sheets, second being Microns. No one in the coatings world uses/says "thousandth of an inch", they say and spec Mil, you might find some cases where they say Mil/Thou, however they mean the same thing. You are trying to be overly technical with the term used, when Mil MEANS "thousandth of an inch", because you didn't know what it was, so just admit so and move on dude. As for being a "backwards yank", Mil is the Latin root, from Mille, which means thousand.

People in the coatings world know this and is why in most intumescent fireproofing coating specs from the EU, they will state thickness as MM, rather than Mil, even though Mil is the term used for Millimeter there, outside of that they will use Microns but it is not very common for such thick coatings. This is also why most coatings specs have a definition table. As those in the industry all know (and deal with every day) lots of work from around the world, who use different terms and measurements.
 
Everyone gripping about the color, but that's the exact reason why Noctua chose that color, so you can easily identify them. Looks like their marketing strategy worked.
 
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