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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 micrometre and 100 micrometre (10-5 m and 10-4 m). See also lengths of other orders of magnitude.
- Shorter lengths
- 10 µm, width of cotton fibre
- 10.6 µm, wavelength of light emitted by a carbon dioxide laser
- 12 µm, width of acrylic fibre
- 13 µm, width of nylon fibre
- 14 µm, width of polyester fibre
- 15 µm, width of silk fibre
- 17 µm, dust mite excreta ¹ (http://www.ristenbatt.com/filt_eff.htm)
- 20 µm, width of wool fibre
- 25.4 µm, 1/1000th inch, commonly referred to as 1 mil in the US and 1 thou in the UK
- 30-50 µm, diameter of a minicolumn in the human cortex
- 50 µm, typical length of Euglena gracilis, a flagellate protist
- 80 µm, average width of human hair (ranges from 18 to 180 µm)
- Longer lengths
(Fibre sizes from http://www.carnicom.com/micro2.htm)
External link
Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccleng.htm)
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