Input interpretation
carbon allotropes | particle size
Ranked values
| visual | ratios | | comparisons diamond | | 0.04 | 1 | 96% smaller activated charcoal | | 1 | 25 | 2400% larger
Particle size rankings
1 | diamond | 1 µm 2 | activated charcoal | 25 µm (based on 2 values; 3 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median particle size 13 µm
0.013 mm (millimeters)
1.3×10^-5 meters
5.118×10^-4 inches
0.5118 mils
Comparisons for median particle size 13 µm
≈ 0.43 × length of a skin cell ( ≈ 30 µm )
≈ 1.1 × oil filter mesh size ( ≈ 450 µin )
≈ 1.5 × typical size of an Ostreococcus (the genus of the smallest, free-living, eukaryotic unicellular organism) ( ≈ 8.5×10^-6 m )
Corresponding quantities
Light travel time t in vacuum from t = x/c: | 43 fs (femtoseconds)
Light travel time t in an optical fiber t = 1.48x/c: | 64 fs (femtoseconds)