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A micrometre (American spelling: micrometer, symbol µm), that is, one millionth of a metre. Also known as a micron.
To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10-6 and 10-5 m (1 µm and 10 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 eukaryotic cell
- 7 µm — width of strand of spider web [link]
- 1-10 µm — diameter of typical bacterium
- about 10 µm — size of a fog, mist or cloud water droplet
See also
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