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1 E-8 m

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Orders of magnitude (length)

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10^-8 and 10^-7 m (10 nm and 100 nm).

Distances shorter than 10 nm

20 nm — width of bacterial flagellum
40 nm — extreme ultraviolet wavelength
65 nm — size of the smallest transistors in a currently-produced microprocessor
90 nm — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Generally, viruses range in size from 20 nm to 450 nm.)
<100 nm — 90% of the particles of wood smoke

Distances longer than 100 nm

See also

Orders of magnitude (length)

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