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1 E-6 m
To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 micrometre and 10 micrometre (10-6 and 10-5 m). See also lengths of other orders of magnitude.
- Distances shorter than 1 µm
- 1 µm is equal to:
- the side of square of area 10-12 m2[?]
- edge of cube of volume 10-18 m3[?]
- 1.55 µm -- Wavelength of light used in optical fibre
- 6 µm -- anthrax spore
- 6-8 µm -- diameter of a human red blood cell
- 7 µm -- diameter of the nucleus of typical eukariotic cell
- 7 µm -- width of strand of spider web [1] (http://www.carnicom.com/micro2.htm)
- 1-10 µm -- diameter of typical bacterium
- Distances longer than 10 µm
External link Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccleng.htm)
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