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How small is a nanoparticle?

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Nano means very small

Nanoparticles are 1–100 nanometres in size. A nanometre (nm) is one billionth of a metre: 1 nm = 10⁻⁹ m. Nanoparticles contain many atoms; they are not individual atoms.

Logarithmic size scale from about 0.1 nanometre for an atom to a 1–100 nanometre nanoparticle range.

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