Bob, I rest my case. You have done exactly the same thing I did!

Cheers

Shaun

Bob Blakely wrote:
Sorry, but "�m" is the abbreviation for micrometer which is one billionth of
a meter. The correct abbreviation for nanometer is "nm".

Decimeter (dm) is one tenth of a meter - 1/10 meter.
Centimeter (cm) is one hundredth of a meter - 10^(-2) meter.
Millimeter (mm) is one thousandth of a meter - 10^(-3) meter.
Micrometer (�m) is one millionth of a meter - 10^(-6) meter.
Nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter - 10^(-9) meter.
Picometer (pm) is 10^(-12) meter.

Why is the word abbreviation so long?

Regards,
Bob....
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From: "Shaun Canning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Sorry gang...in one of yesterdays posts I referred to a nanometer (�m)as
a millionth of a meter when in fact it is one billionth of a meter.


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