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
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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
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