1 meter = 1,000,000,000 nanometers (nm)
1 meter1,000,000,000 nm{\displaystyle {\frac {1{\text{ meter}}}{1,000,000,000{\text{ nm}}}}} This is the fraction to convert from nanometers into meters. If you want to begin with meters and convert to nanometers, you just need to flip the fraction upside down.
Remember that you can cancel units that appear once in a numerator and once in a denominator. This is the purpose of the conversion fraction. Your original measurement begins with nanometers, and the conversion fraction has nanometers in the denominator. Thus, the units of nanometers will cancel, and what remains will be the answer in meters. For this conversion, suppose you have measured a germ that is 2,600 nanometers wide. The conversion equation will be: 2,600 nm=2,600 nm∗1 meter1,000,000,000 nm{\displaystyle 2,600{\text{ nm}}=2,600{\text{ nm}}*{\frac {1{\text{ meter}}}{1,000,000,000{\text{ nm}}}}}
2,600 nm=2,600 nm∗1 meter1,000,000,000 nm=0. 0000026 m{\displaystyle 2,600{\text{ nm}}=2,600{\text{ nm}}*{\frac {1{\text{ meter}}}{1,000,000,000{\text{ nm}}}}=0. 0000026{\text{ m}}}
The meter is the basic unit of length measurement in the metric system. Written as a base 10 exponent, 1 m=100 m{\displaystyle 1{\text{ m}}=10^{0}{\text{ m}}}. The nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. Written as a base 10 exponent, 1 nm=10−9 m{\displaystyle 1{\text{ nm}}=10^{-9}{\text{ m}}}.
For example, consider converting kilometers to meters. A kilometer is 103{\displaystyle 10^{3}} meters, but the single meter is 100{\displaystyle 10^{0}}. Thus, you want to subtract 3 in the exponent, so you will move the decimal to the right three places (“Left-Add, RIGHT-SUBTRACT”). Therefore, if you begin with a measure of 1. 234 km, you would make the following change to meters: 1. 234 km . . . . . . . . . . . . (original unit) 12. 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (move decimal one space right) 123. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (move decimal two spaces right) 1,234 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (move decimal three spaces right)
Write 2,600 nm as “2,600. nm” with a decimal point. Then move the decimal as follows: 260. 0………. (one space left) 26. 00………. (two spaces left) 2. 600………. (three spaces left) . 2600………. (four spaces left) . 02600………(five spaces left) . 002600……. (six spaces left) . 0002600……(seven spaces left) . 00002600…. . (eight spaces left) . 000002600…. . (nine spaces left)
For example, at the conversion site www. Metric-conversion. net, as soon as you enter the number of nanometers in the first box, an equivalent number of meters will appear immediately in the second box. Entering the number 2,600 in the first box will cause the value of 0. 0000026 m to appear in the second box.
