square mil


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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.
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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
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