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Picometre

Picometer is an SI measure of length that is equal to 10^-12 of a meter. Its abbreviation is pm and is commonly used in measuring atomic-scale distances. Atom diameters are in the range from 50 to 600 pm.

1 pm = 1 x 10^-12 meter
100 pm = 1 ångström
1000 pm = 1 nanometer

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