What is 16mm in Nanometres?

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What is 16 Millimetres (16mm) in Nanometres (nm)?

What is 16mm in nm? Convert 16 Millimetres (16mm) to Nanometres (nm) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

Enter Millimetres to convert to Nanometres


Quick Reference for Converting Millimetres to Nanometres

Formula
nm = mm x 1000000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Nanometres, multiply the number of Millimetres by 1000 thousand
Millimetres (mm) in 1 Nanometre
There are 0 Millimetres in 1 Nanometre
Nanometres (nm) in 1 Millimetre
There are 1000000 Nanometres in 1 Millimetre

Unit Information

Millimetre
/ˈmɪlɪmiːtə/
Symbol: mm
Unit System: SI

What is the Millimetre?

The millimetre (American spelling millimeter) is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol mm.

There are 1000 mm in 1 m and 10 mm in 1 cm. From this one can derive that there are 0.03937 in.

The millimetre is sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'mil' - which can cause confusion in the US as there is a unit there that means thousandth of an inch.

Nanometre
/ˈnanə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə/
Symbol: nm
Unit System: SI

What is the Nanometre?

The nanometre is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol nm.

1 nm is equal to one one-billionth of a metre. (Nano is the prefix for one billionth). It is used to express dimensions on an atomic scale for example a helium atom has a radius of approximately 0.03nm.

The nanometre was previously known as the millimicrometre (or the millimicron).


Conversion Tables for Millimetres (mm) to Nanometres (nm)