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What constitutes “Nano” technology?

April 26, 2017constitutes Nano Technology

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What constitutes “Nano” technology?

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The “nano” prefix means one billionth. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter in size, one millionth of a millimeter. By comparison “micro” technology would be one thousandth of a millimeter. A centimeter, approximately one half of an inch, is one hundredth of a meter and a millimeter is one thousandth of a meter. Proportionately, a human hair is approximately 50,000 nanometers wide. Nanotechnology or nanoscience operates on the subatomic level in terms of size. The technologies contain entire systems that are built to atomic specifications.