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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists some items with lengths between 10^-6 and 10^-5 m (between 1 and 10 micrometres, or µm).
'Distances shorter than 1 µm'

★ 1 µm is equal to

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★ the side of square of area 10^-12 m²,

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★ edge of cube of volume 1 fL.

★ 1 µm — Limit of resolution for conventional Photolithography techniques.

★ 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]

★ 1-10 µm — diameter of typical bacterium

★ 9 µm — the size of the Earth if the Sun is scaled to the size of a marble (1cm).

★ about 10 µm — size of a fog, mist or cloud water droplet
'Distances longer than 10 µm'

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See also

See also

★ Orders of magnitude (length)

★ Micrometre