SIEVE SIZE MIX SPECIFICATION

0.04 100
0.03 100
0.02 99 83 100

0.01 86 60 88

0.01 76 50 78

0.01 66 42 70

0.01 60 37 65

0 50 33 63

0 42 30 60

0 37 24 50

0 31 17 39

0 26 13 33

0 24 11 30

0 23 10 28

0 20 8 23

0 17 7 20

0 14 6 17

0 11 5 14

0 5.5 4 8
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 Range (m) Example
Section Unit
≥ < Items
electron,
10−15 am quark,
proton,string
10−15 10−12 fm neutron
wavelength of
gamma rays
and X-rays,
hydrogen
10−12 10−9 pm atom

DNA helix,
virus,
wavelength of
optical
Atomic to Cellular
10−9 10−6 nm spectrum
bacterium, fog
water droplet,
10−6 10−3 µm human [1]
hairgolf
mosquito,
ball, soccer
10−3 100 mm ball,

human being,
American
football field,
100 103 m Eiffel Tower

Mount Everest,
length of
Panama Canal,
Human Scale 103 106 km asteroid
the Moon,
Earth, one
106 109 Mm light-second
Sun, one light-
minute,
109 1012 Gm Earth's orbit
orbits of outer
planets, Solar
1012 1015 Tm System,

one light-year;
distance to
Proxima
1015 1018 Pm Centauri
1018 1021 Em galactic arm

Milky Way,
distance to
Andromeda
1021 1024 Zm Galaxy
Astronomical 1024 ∞ Ym visible universe

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