1 E-5 m
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To help compare different orders of magnitude, this page lists lengths between 10-5 m and 10-4 m (10 µm and 100 µm).
- 10 µm — width of cotton fibre
- 10.6 µm — wavelength of light emitted by a carbon dioxide laser
- 12 µm — width of Acrylic fibre
- 13 µm — width of nylon fibre
- 14 µm — width of polyester fibre
- 15 µm — width of silk fibre
- 17 µm — dust mite excreta [¹]
- 20 µm — width of wool fibre
- 25.4 µm — 1/1000th inch, commonly referred to as 1 mil in the US and 1 thou in the UK
- 30-50 µm — diameter of a minicolumn in the human cortex
- 50 µm — typical length of Euglena gracilis, a flagellate protist
- 80 µm — average width of human hair (ranges from 18 to 180 µm)
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