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Diameter of human hair

Range	17 to 181 link μm
Organism	Human Homo sapiens
Reference	The Physics Factbook™ Edited by Glenn Elert Written by his students
Primary Source	Better ref needed
Comments	Flaxen hair is the finest, from 1/1500 to 1/500 of an inch in diameter … and black hair is the coarsest, from 1/450 to 1/140 of an inch.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	106856