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Orders of magnitude

 
Wikipedia: Orders of magnitude (density)
Skylab measured several orders of magnitude of the Sun's density (top scale: 10-18 to 10-6 g⋅cm-3, equivalent to 10-15 to 10-3 kg⋅m-3) at different temperatures and heights above its surface.
List of orders of magnitude for density less than 1 kg/m3
Factor Multiple Value Item
10-27 1 yoctogram (yg)/m³ 1 × 10-27 kg/m³ very approximate density of the universe
10-24 1 zeptogram (zg)/m³
10-22 100 zg/m³ 1 × 10-22 kg/m³ probable lowest observed density of space in galactic spiral arm (1 hydrogen atom every 16 cubic centimetres)
10-21 1 attogram (ag)/m³
10-20
10-19
10-18 1 femtogram (fg)/m³ 1 × 10-18 kg/m³ observed density of space in core of galaxy (600 hydrogen atoms in every cubic centimetre)
10-17 10 fg/m³ 1 × 10-17 kg/m³ best vacuum from a laboratory (1.3 nPa)
10-16
10-15 1 picogram (pg)/m³
10-14 2.0 × 10-14 kg/m³ (2.0 × 10-17 g/cm³) density of Sun's corona[1]
10-13 1.0 × 10-13 kg/m³ (1.0 × 10-16 g/cm³) density at top of solar transition region[1]
10-12 1 nanogram (ng)/m³
10-11 1.0 × 10-11 kg/m³ (1.0 × 10-14 g/cm³) density at bottom of solar transition region[1]
10-10
10-9 1 microgram (μg)/m³
10-8
10-7
10-6 1 milligram (mg)/m³
10-5 1.34 × 10-5 kg/m³ Earth atmosphere at 82 kilometre altitude;
star Mu Cephei's approximate mean density
10-4 0.1 gram (g)/m³ 1.09 × 10-4 kg/m³ Earth atmosphere at 68 kilometre altitude;
2.0 × 10-4 kg/m³ (2.0 × 10-7 g⋅cm-3) Density of Solar photosphere-chromosphere boundary[1]
4.0 × 10-4 kg/m³ (4.0 × 10-7 g⋅cm-3) Density of Solar photosphere's lower boundary[1]
10-3 1 gram (g)/m³ 1 gram (g)/m³ vacuum from a mechanical vacuum pump;
density of Sun just below its photosphere[1]
10-2 10 gram (g)/m³ 1.35 × 10-2 kg/m³ Earth atmosphere at 32 kilometre altitude
90 g/m³ hydrogen gas, the least dense substance at STP
10-1 1.66 × 10-2 Earth atmosphere at 16 kilometre altitude[citation needed]


List of orders of magnitude for density 1 kg/m3 and greater
Factor Multiple Value Item
100 1 kilogram (kg)/m³ 1.48 kg/m³ = 0.00148 g/cm³ Earth atmosphere at sea level
3 kg/m³ = 0.003 g/cm³ typical[citation needed] density of aerogel
101
102
103 1 megagram (Mg)/m³
1 tonne (t)/m³
1000 kg/m³ = 1 g/cm³ liquid water at 4°C
1010 kg/m³ = 1.01 g/cm³ average human body
1400 kg/m³ = 1.4 g/cm³ average density of Sun
104 10000 kg/m³ 10490 kg/m³ = 10.49 g/cm³ silver
11340 kg/m³ = 11.34 g/cm³ lead
22610 kg/m³ = 22.61 g/cm³ osmium, the densest known substance at STP
105 150,000 kg/m³ = 150 g/cm³ core of the Sun
106 1 gigagram (Gg)/m³
107
108
109 1 teragram (Tg)/m³ white dwarf
1010
1011
1012 1 petagram (Pg)/m³
1013 1 × 1013 kg/m³ 2 × 1013 kg/m³ Universe at end of electroweak epoch (approximately)
1014
1015 1 exagram (Eg)/m³
1016
1017 2 × 1017 kg/m³ atomic nuclei and neutron stars
1018 1 zettagram (Zm)/m³
1019
1020
1021 1 yottagram (Yg)/m³
1096 5.1 × 1096 kg/m³ Planck density
Orders of magnitude
area angular velocity charge currency data density energy
force frequency length magnetic field mass numbers power
pressure specific energy density specific heat capacity speed temperature time volume
Conversion of units
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