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How BIG is nano Macrosize meters, decimeters, centimeters, millimeters Child Hand Pink y Finger Freckle Strand of Hair 10 0 10 -1 10 -2 10 -3 10 -4 A child is about 1 meter tall 1 meter = 1,000,000,000 nm (1 billion nanometers) A hand is about 1 decimeter wide 1 decimeter = 100,000,000 nm (100 million nanometers) A pinky finger is about 1 centimeter wide 1 centimeter = 10,000,000 nm (10 million nanometers) A freckle is about 1 millimeter wide 1 millimeter = 1,000,000 nm (1 million nanometers) A hair is about one tenth of a millimeter wide 0.1 millimeter = 100,000 nm (100 thousand nanometers) Microsize micrometers Nanosize nanometers Red Blood Cell Bacter ia Virus Cell Membrane Sugar M olecule Atom 10 -5 10 -6 10 -7 10 -8 10 -9 10 -10 A red blood cell is about 10 micrometers wide 10 micrometers = 10,000 nm (10 thousand nanometers) A bacterium is about 1 micrometer wide 1 micrometer = 1,000 nm (1 thousand nanometers) A viron is about one tenth of a micrometer wide 0.1 micrometer = 100 nm (1 hundred nanometers) A cell membrane is about 10 nanometers wide 10 nanometers = 10 nm A sugar molecule is about 1 nanometer wide 1 nanometer = 1 nm An atom is about one tenth of a nanometer wide 0.1 nanometer = 0.1 nm Created in 2008 by Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY, www.sciencenter.org Accompanying book available for purchase at www.lulu.com This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Agreement No. ESI-0532536. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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