Difference between revisions of "Angstrom"
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Revision as of 03:02, June 2, 2007
An angstrom (symbol Å) is a unit of length equivalent to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter (1×10−10 m). Unit is named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.