square mil


Also found in: Wikipedia.

square mil

A unit of area equal to a square having sides equal to 0.001 in.; sometimes used to express the cross-sectional area of an electric conductor.
References in periodicals archive ?
The survey area is a 431 square mil surface until the MARN limnimetric station at Ejido, which is the ending dot chosen for this survey.
Validacion del Modelo Hidrologico SWAT, con interfaz Arcview, en la cuenca alta del rio Chama, estado Merida
If we assume a reference temperature of 20[degrees]C, a fusing temperature of 1083[degrees]C, and convert this to square mils, the result is:
PCB fusing currents: why, relatively speaking, wider traces are quicker than narrower ones to reach the fusing temperature
1 Portland General Electric 3,150 square miles in the
Trail Electric Consumers 7,700 square miles in Baker,
16 Northern Wasco County PUD 90 square miles in northern
18 City of Forest Grove Light and 19 square miles in the
Gas and electric utilities: Ranked by total number of customers. (Power)
It has cross-sectional area (in square mils) along the horizontal axis and current along the vertical axis.
Trace current/temperature relationships: when optimizing board area when considering thermal effects, the IPC charts aren't enough
Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?