Nanotubes are rolled up cylinders of graphite with diameters of about 1nanometer, and lengths in micrometers.

(I) If a nanotube is 5 micrometers long, how many diameters does this represent?

4 answers

1m = 1000 mm (millimeter)
1 mm = 1000 μm (micrometer)
1 μ = 1000 nm (nanometer)

If the tube is 1 nm in diameter, then
veryify that
5 μm = 5*1000 nm = 5000 nm
= how many diameters?
* 1 μm = 1000 nm (nanometer)
Is it 5 diameters?
If the tube is 1 nm in diameter, then
veryify that
5 μm = 5*1000 nm = 5000 nm
= how many diameters?