Question

1nm=.....,................................................m
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Answer 1

WHAT IS A NANO METER?

• It is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a meter.

WHAT ARE THEY USED TO MEASURE?

• They measure extremely small objects, such as atomic structures or transistors found in modern CPUs.

A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, 0.000000001 or 10⁻⁹ meters.

• The word nano comes from the Greek word for “dwarf.”

• The term nanoscale is used to refer to objects with dimensions on the order of 1-100 nanometers (nm).