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  • noun A unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 000 000 001 grams. Symbol: fg

Etymologies

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femto- + gram

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Examples

  • The scale can now measure living cells and nanoparticles down to a femtogram, or about the weight of an E. coli bacterium.

    Super Tiny Scale can Weigh Living Cells | Impact Lab 2007

  • The mass of the cell can be calculated from that change in frequency, with a resolution as low as a femtogram (10-15 grams).

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • The mass of the cell can be calculated from that change in frequency, with a resolution as low as a femtogram (10-15 grams).

    innovations-report 2010

  • The mass of the cell can be calculated from that change in frequency, with a resolution as low as a femtogram (10-15 grams).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Jurcic K. "In vitro stimulation of human granulocytes and lymphocytes by pico - and femtogram quantities of cytostatic agents".

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • It’s extraordinarily frugal, consuming less than a femtogram of material.

    The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

  • NADiA combines immunoassay and real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR methodologies, or Immuno-PCR, with the potential to detect proteins with femtogram/milliliter sensitivity (10

    unknown title 2011

  • If 1 femtogram = 1 x 10-15 a) 0.05 moles of lead grams, calculate the number of carbon b) 8 moles of helium atoms in their speck. c) 1.5 moles of copper d) 0.0036 moles of magnesium 5.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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