To help compare different
orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1
micron and 10
micron (10
-6 and 10
-5 m).
- Shorter distances
- 1 μm -- 1000 nanometers?
- 1 μm -- side of square of area [10-12 m2]?
- 1 μm -- edge of cube of area [6 * 10-12 m2]? and volume [10-18 m3]?
- 1 μm -- radius of circle of area [3.14 * 10-12 m2]?
- 1 μm -- radius of sphere of area [12.56 * 10-12 m2]? and volume [4.19 * 10-18 m3]?
- 7 μm -- diameter of nucleus of typical eukariotic cell
- 7 μm -- width of strand of spider web[1]
- 1-10 μm -- diameter of typical bacterium
- Longer distances