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	Science Forum Forum Index » Physics » How small is a nanometer?  How small is a nanometer? « View previous topic :: View next topic »  Author Message Robin Hood Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:31 am    Post subject: How small is a nanometer? Forum Freshman Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Nottingham Just how small is a nanometer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nl87_pqOZ4 Liked this guys analogy with the aircraft carrier... anyone got a better one? _________________ Check out scientists doing their stuff http://www.test-tube.org.uk/ Back to top jackson33 Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:49 am    Post subject: Re: How small is a nanometer? Forum Professor Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 1281 Robin Hood wrote: Just how small is a nanometer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nl87_pqOZ4 Liked this guys analogy with the aircraft carrier... anyone got a better one? Nano anything is 1 billion of that anything. One billionth of a meter or one billionth of a second. For instance light travels about a foot each nano second, its said a wave of energy is about one to three nanometers in width. Back to top Robin Hood Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:53 am    Post subject: Forum Freshman Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Nottingham I think this stuff is so hard for the layman to visualise, which is why I liked the aircraft carrier comment in the video... Though also liked your one about the speed of light. _________________ Check out scientists doing their stuff http://www.test-tube.org.uk/ Back to top Dishmaster Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:36 am    Post subject: Forum Senior Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 313 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Here is another another - less militaristic - example. Imagine that the diameter of the Earth would be compressed to 1 metre. Then something that was 1 millimetre in size becomes about 1 nanometre. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First     Page 1 of 1 Science Forum Forum Index » Physics » How small is a nanometer? Jump to: Select a forum Natural Sciences----------------Astronomy & CosmologyBiologyChemistryEarth SciencesMathematicsPhysics People----------------Behavioral & Social SciencesHealth & MedicinePhilosophical DiscussionHistoryReligionPoliticsCriminology and Forensic Science General Technology----------------Computer ScienceElectronicsMilitary Technology Information Technology----------------Business & EconomicsEducationEngineering & Transportation International Issues----------------Environmental IssuesIn the News The Science Forum----------------General DiscussionIntroductionsScience-Fiction and Non-FictionExperimentationPseudoscienceLinksArt and Culture Site Administration----------------Site FeedbackTrash Can  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
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