To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists some items with lengths between 10−6 and 10−5 m (between 1 and 10 micrometres, or µm).
Distances shorter than 1 µm
- ~0.7–300 µm — Wavelength of infrared radiation
- 1 µm — the side of square of area 10−12 m²
- 1 µm — edge of cube of volume 10−18 m³ (one fL.)
- 1–10 µm — diameter of a typical bacterium
- 1.55 µm — wavelength of light used in optical fibre
- 3–4 µm — size of a typical yeast cell
- 5 µm — length of a typical human spermatozoon's head
- 6 µm — anthrax spore
- 7 µm — diameter of the nucleus of a typical eukaryotic cell
- about 7 μm — diameter of human red blood cells
- 3–8 µm — width of strand of spider web silk
- 8 µm — width of a chloroplast
- 9 µm — thickness of the tape in a 120-minute compact cassette.
- about 10 µm — size of a fog, mist or cloud water droplet
Distances longer than 10 µm