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Introduction and Historical Perspective
10
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nm.
about
1
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about
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of
nucleus
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of
palm.
bee.
of
typical
radius
typical
diametre
of
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our
Thickness
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of
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Length
Height
of
of
of
Size
Size
Size
The
(Continued)
1.2
1/1,000,000,000,000,000
Table
1/1,000,000,000,000
1/1,000,000,000
1/1,000,000
1/1,000
1/100
1/10
1
Unit scale size this with objects Representative Unit m. ∼20 (Apatosorus) dinosaur of type a of Length 10 RPS: PSP0007 - Science-at-Nanoscale electron. an of size Estimated 1/1,000,000,000,000,000,000 small. Really 1/1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 small. really Really 1/1,000,000,000,00
Sci. 10 1 10 0 10 −1 10 −2 10 −3 10 −6 10 −9 10 −12 10 −15 10 −18 10 −21 10 −24
Abbrev. dam m dm cm mm µm nm pm fm am zm ym
Name deka- metre deci- centi- milli- micro- nano- pico- femto- atto- zepto yocto