Convert one picometer to ångström

Explanation

To convert one picometer to ångström all we need is to know the conversion factor and we are done. Luckily, we can compute that factor using the units' definitions below.

We find that one picometer is equal to 0.01 ångström.

Formula

1 pm = 0.01 Å

picometerspm

dimension	length
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	pm

The picometer (pm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units.

In ascending order, the picometer comes after the femtometer and before the nanometer.

Definition of the picometer

One picometer is equal to 0.000000000001 meters.

Equivalences

One picometer is equivalent to:

Some Facts

How small is a picometer? Well, it's very, very, very small.

Atoms are minuscule. There are millions of them in the breadth of the thickest human hair, and they are already several hundred picometers in size. They range from 100 to 500 picometers in diameter.

At this scale optical miscroscopes are beyond their limit. To be able to make images of objects in the picometer range, an electron microscope is needed.

Prefix

pico

10^-12

The prefix pico- comes from the Spanish pico meaning a bit, a little. The associated multiplicative factor is 0.000 000 000 001 or 10^-12.

Metric length units

femtometer	fm	0.000 000 000 000 001
picometer	pm	0.000 000 000 001
nanometer	nm	0.000 000 001
micrometer	µm	0.000 001
millimeter	mm	0.001
centimeter	cm	0.01
decimeter	dm	0.1
meter	m	1
dekameter	dam	10
hectometer	hm	100
kilometer	km	1000
megameter	Mm	1 000 000
gigameter	Gm	1 000 000 000
terameter	Tm	1 000 000 000 000
petameter	Pm	1 000 000 000 000 000
exameter	Em	1 000 000 000 000 000 000

The International System of Units

The International System of Units or SI (from the French Système international (d'unité)), also called metric system in the U.S., is a coherent system of units that was published 1960. It is official in nearly every country.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is tasked with overseeing the SI.

ångströmÅ

dimension	length
symbol	Å
search alias	a

The ångström (Å) is a unit of length. It is a metric unit but not part of the International System of Units.

The unit is used in chemistry and crystallography for measurements at the microscopic scale, e.g. the size of molecules, atoms, the space between atoms, etc.

Definition of the ångström

One ångström is equal to 0.0000000001 meters (10^-10 m).

Equivalences

One ångström is equivalent to: