{"id":8180,"date":"2013-09-25T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dana.ggiants.de\/faq\/how-big-is-a-nanometer\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:34:23","slug":"how-big-is-a-nanometer","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/en\/faq\/how-big-is-a-nanometer\/","title":{"rendered":"How big is a nanometer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15278\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15278\" src=\"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/partikel_FAQ_en.png\" alt=\"Size comparison VIrus DNA Fullerene CNT English\" width=\"332\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/partikel_FAQ_en.png 895w, https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/partikel_FAQ_en-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/partikel_FAQ_en-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Size comparison Virus DNA Fullerene CNT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The term &#x201E;nano&#x201C; derives from the greek word nanos, dwarf. A <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_5b2fd8161c6fc3619afcfb9fcf641fb8\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">nanometer<\/span> is one millionth of a milimeter. It is equal to 1\/1,000,000,000th or one-billionth of a meter. When things are this small, you can&#x2019;t see them with your eyes, or a light microscope. Objects this small require a special tool called <a title=\"Wikipedia (EN): electron microscope\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electron_microscope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electron microscope<\/a> (EM) or <a title=\"Wikipedia (EN): scanning probe microscope\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scanning_probe_microscopy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scanning probe microscope<\/a> (<span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_f4ad93860bda6e37751c33f7f03d911c\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>SEM<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nanoparticles range in size from 1&#xA0;nm to 100&#xA0;nm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All these naturally and synthetic things are on the nanometer scale: Virus (30-50&#xA0;nm), DNA (2.5&#xA0;nm), buckyballs (~1&#xA0;nm in diameter), CNT (~1&#xA0;nm in diameter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[62],"class_list":["post-8180","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-01_definitions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How big is a nanometer? - MANTRA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/en\/faq\/how-big-is-a-nanometer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How big is a nanometer? - MANTRA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The term \u201enano\u201c derives from the greek word nanos, dwarf. 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