Chemistry Words: Nanometre

Simple Description

Nanometre, nm

Further Detail

A nanometre, 1 nm, is one billionth of a metre (or a millionth of a millimetre). Nanoparticles range in size from about 100 nm down to about 1 nm. They are typically the size of small molecules, and far too small to see with a microscope.



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