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Picometre - Definition and Overview

Picometre (American spelling: picometer) is an SI measure of length that is equal to 10−12 of a metre.  Its symbol is pm and it is commonly used in measuring atomic-scale distances.  Atom diameters are in the range from ~30 to 600 pm.

1 pm = 1 × 10−12 metre
1 pm = 1000 femtometre
100 pm = 1 ångström
1000 pm = 1 nanometre
1 nm = 1000 picometres

See also

femtometre << picometre << nanometre

External link

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

Example Usage of Picometre

ptamcnamara: is now aware that a carbon atom is about 140 Picometres, and a that Picometre is not very big http://bit.ly/4dR2Qa (beware: mind blowing)
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