General Science, Mathematics, and Technology

Introduction

How large is a nanometer?

A nanometer equals one-billionth of a meter. A sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick. As a comparison, a single-walled carbon nanotube, measuring one nanometer in diameter, is 100,000 times smaller than a single strand of human hair which measures 100 micrometers in diameter.

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