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Distances shorter than 10 nanometres
Distances longer than 100 nanometres
Length
In geometric measurements, length most commonly refers to the longest dimension of an object.In certain contexts, the term "length" is reserved for a certain dimension of an object along which the length is measured. For example it is possible to cut a length of a wire which is shorter than wire...
s between 10−8 and 10−7 metre
Metre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
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Nanometre
A nanometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a metre. The name combines the SI prefix nano- with the parent unit name metre .The nanometre is often used to express dimensions on the atomic scale: the diameter...
s and 100 nanometres).
Distances shorter than 10 nanometres
1 E-9 m
To help compare different orders of magnitudes this page lists lengths between 10−9 metres and 10−8 metres .Distances shorter than 1 nanometre*1 nm = 1 nanometre = 1000 picometres = 10 angstroms...
- 10 nm = 10 nanometres = 10−8 metres
- 10 nm — lower size of tobacco smoke
- 10 nm Shortest Extreme UltravioletExtreme ultravioletExtreme Ultraviolet radiation is high-energy ultraviolet radiation, generally defined to be electromagnetic radiation in the part of the electromagnetic spectrum spanning wavelengths from 120 nm down to 10 nm, and therefore having photons with energies from 10 eV up to 124 eV...
wavelength or longest X-rayX-rayX-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
wavelength - 11 nm11 nanometerThe 11 nanometer node is the technology node following 16 nm node. The exact naming of this technology node comes from the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors...
— the average half-pitch of a memory cell speculated to be manufactured in 2015. - 16 nm16 nanometerThe 16 nanometer node is the technology node following the 22 nm node. The exact naming of the technology nodes comes from the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors . By conservative ITRS estimates the 16 nm technology is projected to be reached by semiconductor companies in the...
— technology is projected to be reached by semiconductor companies in the 2013 timeframe - 18 nm — diameter of tobacco mosaic virusTobacco mosaic virusTobacco mosaic virus is a positive-sense single stranded RNA virus that infects plants, especially tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae. The infection causes characteristic patterns on the leaves . TMV was the first virus to be discovered...
(Generally, viruses range in size from 20 nm to 450 nm.) - 20 nm — width of bacterial flagellumFlagellumA flagellum is a tail-like projection that protrudes from the cell body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and plays the dual role of locomotion and sense organ, being sensitive to chemicals and temperatures outside the cell. There are some notable differences between prokaryotic and...
- 20 nm to 80 nm — thickness of cell wallCell wallThe cell wall is the tough, usually flexible but sometimes fairly rigid layer that surrounds some types of cells. It is located outside the cell membrane and provides these cells with structural support and protection, and also acts as a filtering mechanism. A major function of the cell wall is to...
in Gram-positive bacteria - 22 nm22 nanometerThe 22 nanometer node is the CMOS process step following 32 nm. It was introduced by semiconductor companies in 2011. The typical half-pitch for a memory cell is around 22 nm...
— Smallest feature size of production microprocessorMicroprocessorA microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...
s in September 2009 - 22 nm22 nanometerThe 22 nanometer node is the CMOS process step following 32 nm. It was introduced by semiconductor companies in 2011. The typical half-pitch for a memory cell is around 22 nm...
— the average half-pitch of a memory cell expected to be manufactured at around the 2011–2011 time frame. - 30 nm — lower size of cooking oil smoke
- 32 nm32 nanometerThe 32 nm process is the step following the 45 nanometer process in CMOS semiconductor device fabrication. 32 nanometer refers to the average half-pitch of a memory cell at this technology level...
— the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured at around the 2009–2010 time frame. - 45 nm45 nanometerPer the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, the 45 nm technology node should refer to the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured at around the 2007–2008 time frame....
— the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured at around the 2007–2008 time frame. - 50 nm — upper size for airborne virusVirusA virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
particles - 50 nm — flying height of the headDisk read-and-write headDisk read/write heads are the small parts of a disk drive, that move above the disk platter and transform platter's magnetic field into electrical current or vice versa – transform electrical current into magnetic field...
of a hard diskHard diskA hard disk drive is a non-volatile, random access digital magnetic data storage device. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by read/write heads that float on a film of air above the... - 65 nm65 nanometerThe 65 nm process is an advanced lithographic node used in volume CMOS semiconductor fabrication. Printed linewidths can reach as low as 25 nm on a nominally 65 nm process, while the pitch between two lines may be greater than 130 nm.. For comparison, cellular ribosomes are...
— the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured at around the 2005–2006 time frame. - 90 nm90 nanometerThe 90 nm process refers to the level of CMOS process technology that was reached in the 2002–2003 timeframe, by most leading semiconductor companies, like Intel, AMD, Infineon, Texas Instruments, IBM, and TSMC....
— the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured at around the 2002–2003 time frame. - 100 nm — larger than 90% of the particles of wood smoke (ranges from 7 to 3000 nanometres)
Distances longer than 100 nanometres
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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−7 and 10−6 m .Distances shorter than 100 nm*100 nm — greatest particle size that can fit through a surgical mask...