1 E-6 m - Definition and Overview

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 micrometre and 10 micrometres (10^-6 and 10^-5 m). See also lengths of other orders of magnitude.

• Distances shorter than 1 µm
• 1 µm is equal to
  • the side of square of area 10^-12 m²,
  • edge of cube of volume 10^-18 m³.
• 1.55 µm, wavelength of light used in optical fibre
• 6 µm, anthrax spore
• 6-8 µm, diameter of a human red blood cell
• 7 µm, diameter of the nucleus of typical eukaryotic cell
• 7 µm, width of strand of spider web [1] (http://www.carnicom.com/micro2.htm)
• 1-10 µm, diameter of typical bacterium
• about 10 µm, size of a fog, mist or cloud water droplet
• Distances longer than 10 µm

External link

Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccleng.htm)