10 nanometres

For the length in semiconductor manufacturing context, see 10 nanometer.
Comparison of sizes of semiconductor manufacturing process nodes with some microscopic objects and visible light wavelengths. At this scale, the width of a human hair is about 10 times that of the image.[1]

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−8 and 10−7 metres (10 nanometres and 100 nanometres).

Distances shorter than 10 nanometres

Distances longer than 100 nanometres

Notes

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