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Square centimeter (cm²) - small metric area
Square centimeter is a metric unit of area equal to the area of a square with sides of 1 centimeter. Used for labeling, small component footprints, and cross-sections in science and engineering.
- Symbol: cm²
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 cm² = (0.01 m)² = 0.0001 m² = 100 mm²; 1 m² = 10,000 cm²
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 cm² ≈ 0.15500031 in² ≈ 0.001076391 ft²
- Typical examples: postage stamp area (~4–6 cm²); PCB pad areas; small sensor cross-sections
Barn (b) - nuclear/particle cross-section area
Barn is a non-SI unit of area used in nuclear and particle physics to express interaction cross-sections. The name originated humorously during the Manhattan Project (“as big as a barn”).
- Symbol: b
- System: Non-SI (accepted in high-energy/nuclear physics)
- Exact relations: 1 b = 10⁻²⁸ m² = 10⁻²⁴ cm² = 100 fm²
- Common submultiples: 1 mb = 10⁻³ b; 1 µb = 10⁻⁶ b; 1 nb = 10⁻⁹ b; 1 pb = 10⁻¹² b; 1 fb = 10⁻¹⁵ b; 1 ab = 10⁻¹⁸ b
- Related usage: integrated luminosity often quoted in inverse barns (e.g., fb⁻¹)
- Typical examples: neutron capture and scattering cross-sections; collider process cross-sections reported from barns down to picobarns and femtobarns