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Femto

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-004374

A prefix in the International System of Units (SI) denoting a factor of 10^-15. It is used to form decimal submultiples of SI units, indicating extremely small quantities. For example, a femtosecond (fs) is 10^-15 seconds, and a femtometer (fm) is 10^-15 meters, often used in nuclear physics to describe atomic nuclei dimensions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-004374
FieldChemistry
SubjectPhysical and Biophysical Chemistry
ReferencesGreen Book, 2nd ed., p. 74 (https://goldbook.iupac.org/files/pdf/green_book_2ed.pdf)
Record as JSON
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  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "references": [
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