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What is a Nanometer?

Hint: Extremely small machines use it

By Stanley Goodner Stanley Goodner Writer Excelsior College Stanley Goodner is a former Lifewire writer who writes about audio equipment, music management, computer hardware, and other consumer technologies.
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lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on July 30, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Windows The Ultimate Laptop Buying Guide A nanometer (nm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a meter (1 x 10-9 m). Many have likely heard of it before–it’s frequently associated with nanotechnology and the creation or study of very tiny things.
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lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on July 30, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Windows The Ultimate Laptop Buying Guide A nanometer (nm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a meter (1 x 10-9 m). Many have likely heard of it before–it’s frequently associated with nanotechnology and the creation or study of very tiny things.
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A nanometer is obviously smaller than a meter, but you may be wondering just how small? Or, what kin...
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Or, how it relates to other metric measurements of length?

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A nanometer is obviously smaller than a meter, but you may be wondering just how small? Or, what kinds of professions or real-world products work on this nanoscopic scale?
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A nanometer is obviously smaller than a meter, but you may be wondering just how small? Or, what kinds of professions or real-world products work on this nanoscopic scale?
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Or, how it relates to other metric measurements of length?

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Or, how it relates to other metric measurements of length? <h2> How Small is a Nanometer </h2> Metric measurements are all based on the meter. Inspect any ruler or measuring tape, and you can see the numbered markings for meters, centimeters, and millimeters.
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Metric measurements are all based on the meter. Inspect any ruler or measuring tape, and you can see the numbered markings for meters, centimeters, and millimeters.
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With a mechanical pencil and steady hand, it’s not hard to draw lines one millimeter apart. Now imagine trying to fit one million parallel lines within the space of a millimeter–that’s a nanometer.
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With a mechanical pencil and steady hand, it’s not hard to draw lines one millimeter apart. Now imagine trying to fit one million parallel lines within the space of a millimeter–that’s a nanometer.
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Making those lines would definitely require specialized equipment since: A nanometer (nm) is smaller...
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Making those lines would definitely require specialized equipment since: A nanometer (nm) is smaller than a...micrometer (μm), which is smaller than a...millimeter (mm), which is smaller than a...centimeter (cm), which is smaller than a...decimeter (dm), which is smaller than a...meter (m). Without the assistance of any tools (e.g.
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Making those lines would definitely require specialized equipment since: A nanometer (nm) is smaller than a...micrometer (μm), which is smaller than a...millimeter (mm), which is smaller than a...centimeter (cm), which is smaller than a...decimeter (dm), which is smaller than a...meter (m). Without the assistance of any tools (e.g.
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magnifying glasses, microscopes), a normal human eye (i.e. regular vision) is capable of seeing individual objects at about two-hundredths of one millimeter in diameter, which is equal to 20 micrometers. To give the size of 20 micrometers some context, see if you can identify a single cotton/acrylic fiber sticking out from a sweater (holding it up against a light source will help immensely) or floating in the air like dust.
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magnifying glasses, microscopes), a normal human eye (i.e. regular vision) is capable of seeing individual objects at about two-hundredths of one millimeter in diameter, which is equal to 20 micrometers. To give the size of 20 micrometers some context, see if you can identify a single cotton/acrylic fiber sticking out from a sweater (holding it up against a light source will help immensely) or floating in the air like dust.
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Or sift some fine sand in the palm of your hand to find the smallest, barely-perceptible grains. If those are a little tough to do, take a look at human hairs instead, which range from 18 micrometers (very fine) to 180 micrometers (very coarse) in diameter. And all that is just the micrometer level — nanometer-sized objects are a thousand times smaller!
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Or sift some fine sand in the palm of your hand to find the smallest, barely-perceptible grains. If those are a little tough to do, take a look at human hairs instead, which range from 18 micrometers (very fine) to 180 micrometers (very coarse) in diameter. And all that is just the micrometer level — nanometer-sized objects are a thousand times smaller!
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<h2> Atoms and Cells </h2> The nanoscale generally encompasses dimensions between one and 100 nanometers, which includes everything from atomic to cellular levels. Viruses range from 50 and 200 nanometers in size.
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The nanoscale generally encompasses dimensions between one and 100 nanometers, which includes everything from atomic to cellular levels. Viruses range from 50 and 200 nanometers in size.
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The average thickness of a cell membrane is between 6 nanometers and 10 nanometers. A helix of DNA is about 2 nanometers in diameter, and carbon nanotubes can get as small as 1 nanometer in diameter.
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The average thickness of a cell membrane is between 6 nanometers and 10 nanometers. A helix of DNA is about 2 nanometers in diameter, and carbon nanotubes can get as small as 1 nanometer in diameter.
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image, measure, model, manipulate, and manufacture) objects on the nanoscopic scale. And there are people who do this every day in fields such as: ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMaterials ScienceEngineeringTechnology There are many examples of modern products made on the nanometer scale. Some medicines that small are designed to be capable of delivering drugs to specific cells.
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image, measure, model, manipulate, and manufacture) objects on the nanoscopic scale. And there are people who do this every day in fields such as: ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMaterials ScienceEngineeringTechnology There are many examples of modern products made on the nanometer scale. Some medicines that small are designed to be capable of delivering drugs to specific cells.
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Modern synthetic chemicals are manufactured by a process that creates molecules with nanometer precision. Carbon nanotubes are used to improve thermal and electrical properties of products.
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Modern synthetic chemicals are manufactured by a process that creates molecules with nanometer precision. Carbon nanotubes are used to improve thermal and electrical properties of products.
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And the Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone and Apple iPad Pro tablet (second-gen) both feature processors designed at 10 nm. The future has more in store for nanometer-sized scientific and technological applications.
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And the Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone and Apple iPad Pro tablet (second-gen) both feature processors designed at 10 nm. The future has more in store for nanometer-sized scientific and technological applications.
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The Metric Table

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However, the nanometer isn’t even the smallest measurement around! Check the table below to see how it compares.
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However, the nanometer isn’t even the smallest measurement around! Check the table below to see how it compares.
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The Metric Table

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<h2> The Metric Table </h2> Metric Power Factor Exameter (Em) 1018 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 Petameter (Pm) 1015 1 000 000 000 000 000 Terameter (Tm) 1012 1 000 000 000 000 Gigameter (Gm) 109 1 000 000 000 Megameter (Mm) 106 1 000 000 Kilometer (km) 103 1 000 Hectometer (hm) 102 100 Decameter (dam) 101 10 Meter (m) 100 1 Decimeter (dm) 10-1 0.1 Centimeter (cm) 10-2 0.01 Millimeter (mm) 10-3 0.001 Micrometer (μm) 10-6 0.000 001 Nanometer (nm) 10-9 0.000 000 001 Picometer (pm) 10-12 0.000 000 000 001 Femtometer (fm) 10-15 0.000 000 000 000 001 Attometer (am) 10-18 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 FAQ Is a nanometer the smallest unit? No.
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The Metric Table

Metric Power Factor Exameter (Em) 1018 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 Petameter (Pm) 1015 1 000 000 000 000 000 Terameter (Tm) 1012 1 000 000 000 000 Gigameter (Gm) 109 1 000 000 000 Megameter (Mm) 106 1 000 000 Kilometer (km) 103 1 000 Hectometer (hm) 102 100 Decameter (dam) 101 10 Meter (m) 100 1 Decimeter (dm) 10-1 0.1 Centimeter (cm) 10-2 0.01 Millimeter (mm) 10-3 0.001 Micrometer (μm) 10-6 0.000 001 Nanometer (nm) 10-9 0.000 000 001 Picometer (pm) 10-12 0.000 000 000 001 Femtometer (fm) 10-15 0.000 000 000 000 001 Attometer (am) 10-18 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 FAQ Is a nanometer the smallest unit? No.
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Picometers (pm), femtometers (fm), and attometers (am) are all smaller than nanometers. How much smaller is one nanometer than a micrometer?
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Picometers (pm), femtometers (fm), and attometers (am) are all smaller than nanometers. How much smaller is one nanometer than a micrometer?
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A nanometer is 1,000 times smaller than a micrometer. In other words, one micrometer (μm) is 1,000 nanometers.
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A nanometer is 1,000 times smaller than a micrometer. In other words, one micrometer (μm) is 1,000 nanometers.
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Is a centimeter bigger than a nanometer? Yes. A centimeter (cm) is 10,000 nanometers.
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Is a centimeter bigger than a nanometer? Yes. A centimeter (cm) is 10,000 nanometers.
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Therefore, a nanometer is 10,000 times smaller than a centimeter. Is a nanometer bigger than a millimeter?
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No. A nanometer is 1,000,000 times smaller than a millimeter.
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No. A nanometer is 1,000,000 times smaller than a millimeter.
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One millimeter (mm) is one million nanometers. How many atoms are in a nanometer? The diameter of atoms can range from 0.1 to 0.5 nanometers, so there are about 2-10 atoms in a nanometer.
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