To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−10 m and 10−9 m (100 pm and 1 nm).
- 100 pm = 1 Ångström
- 100 pm — covalent radius of sulfur atom[1]
- 120 pm = van der Waals radius of a neutral hydrogen atom[2]
- 126 pm — covalent radius of ruthenium atom
- 135 pm — covalent radius of technetium atom
- 153 pm — covalent radius of silver atom
- 154 pm — mode length of (C-C) covalent bond
- 155 pm — covalent radius of zirconium atom
- 175 pm — covalent radius of thulium atom
- 200 pm — highest resolution of a typical electron microscope[3]
- 225 pm — covalent radius of caesium atom
- 340 pm — thickness of single layer graphene
- 356.68 pm — width of diamond cell (unit cell)
- 403 pm — width of lithium fluoride cell
- 500 pm — width of α helix protein
- 560 pm — width of sodium chloride cell
- 700 pm — width of glucose molecule
- 780 pm — mean width of quartz cell
- 820 pm — mean width of ice cell
- 900 pm — mean width of coesite cell
- 900 pm — width of sucrose molecule
See also
| Orders of magnitude for length in E notation, shorter than one metre: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| <-24 | -24 | -23 | -22 | -21 | -20 | -19 | -18 | -17 | -16 | -15 | -14 | -13 | -12 | -11 | -10 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 |
| longer than 1 metre: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Notes
- ^ Mark Winter (2008). "WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements / Sulfur / Radii". http://www.webelements.com/sulfur/atom_sizes.html. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Mark Winter (2008). "WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements / Periodicity / Van der Waals radius / periodicity". http://www.webelements.com/periodicity/van_der_waals_radius/. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ "Resolution of an Electron Microscope". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. http://www.webcitation.org/5gOzHewWJ. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
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