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Is something 10 angstroms in diameter large enough for the human eye to discern?
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No: This is the size of some of the important individual biomolecules.
Answered 5/4/2013
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Not even close: 10 angstroms = 1 nanometer. The smallest thing the human eye can see is about 0.1 mm which is 100, 000 nanometers or 1 million angstroms! angstroms are really really small!
Answered 5/4/2013
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