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my teacher gave me homework, it is asking what does the term 'nano' tell you about the diameter of carbon nanotubes

can you help me out?
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my teacher gave me homework, it is asking what does the term 'nano' tell you about the diameter of carbon nanotubes

can you help me out?


Well , I never came across this question b4 but I guess it is : This means that the carbon nanotubes are extremely small ( using physics knowledge and adding that its x10^-9 m )
Metre -> centimetre -> millimetre -> nanometre

The term 'nano' tells you that the diameter (distance from one side of a circle to the opposite side) of each carbon nanotube is extremely small, a tiny fraction of a millimetre.
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Original post by ab8649
my teacher gave me homework, it is asking what does the term 'nano' tell you about the diameter of carbon nanotubes

can you help me out?


It is a one mark question so
that they are very smallor1-100 nanometres or a few(hundred) atoms

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