nm2\text{nm}^{2}

square nanometer

Areaexact by definition

The square nanometre is 10⁻¹⁸ square metres, an exact decimal prefix. It is the unit of molecular footprint: the cross-sectional area a surfactant occupies at an interface, the area per lipid in a membrane, and the specific surface areas that come out of BET adsorption measurements.

1 nm2\text{nm}^{2} 1.0000000e-18 m2\text{m}^{2}

One square nanometer in every area unit

1.00000e+16microbarn (μb)
10,000,000,000,000millibarn (mb)
10,000,000,000barn (b)
1square nanometer (nm²)this unit
0.000001square micrometer (μm²)
1.97353e-09circular mil (cmil)
1.97353e-12thousand circular mils (kcmil)
1.00000e-12square millimeter (mm²)
1.00000e-14square centimeter (cm²)
1.55000e-15square inch (in²)
1.00000e-16square decimeter (dm²)
1.07639e-17square foot (ft²)
1.19599e-18square yard (yd²)
1.00000e-18square meter (m²)
3.02500e-19tsubo (tsubo)
3.95369e-20square rod (rd²)
1.00000e-20are (a)
2.47105e-21square chain (ch²)
1.00000e-21dunam (dunam)
9.88422e-22rood (rood)
2.47105e-22acre (ac)
1.00000e-22hectare (ha)
1.00000e-24square kilometer (km²)
3.86102e-25square mile (mi²)