What is 500nm in Ells?

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What is 500 Nanometres (500nm) in Ells (ell)?

What is 500nm in ell? Convert 500 Nanometres (500nm) to Ells (ell) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Nanometres to Ells

Formula
ell = nm / 1143000000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Ells, divide the number of Nanometres by 1.1 billion
Nanometres (nm) in 1 Ell
There are 1143000000 Nanometres in 1 Ell
Ells (ell) in 1 Nanometre
There are 0 Ells in 1 Nanometre

Unit Information

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).

Ell
/ɛl/
Symbol: ell
Unit System: Historic English

What is the Ell?

The ell is a unit of length and originates from historic England and uses the symbol ell.

The ell usually measured 45in or 1.143m but was origally a "cubit" - which was the length from your elbow to the tip of your fingers and literally translated from the word "arm". It was mostly used in the tailoring world when buying and selling textiles.

Although now obsolete, the word "ell" still survives in the English word "elbow".


Conversion Tables for Nanometres (nm) to Ells (ell)