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So, a few tens of microns thickness, and a hundred-micron width, and so on, is where the highest pressures experiments happen.
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Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2024
The collisions emit sprays of dust grains typically 10–100 microns across, many of which begin a long slow spiral into the Sun, like an immense dusty bathtub draining.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
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Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2024
The collisions emit sprays of dust grains typically 10–100 microns across, many of which begin a long slow spiral into the Sun, like an immense dusty bathtub draining.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
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“Micron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micron. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän 
Medical Definition
micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
called also micrometer, mu
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