Kilobases to nanometers
Type a value in kb to get it in nm instantly.
340nm
That's 50× as long as a PCR primer, while a plasmid is 5× longer. Stretched out, that would be about 0.00034 mm long.
Convert the other way: nm to kb
What it means
How long is that?
Figures are for double-stranded B-DNA: 0.34 nm and about 650 daltons per base pair, and 10.5 base pairs to a turn.
The math
How to convert kb to nm
To convert kilobases to nanometers, multiply by 340.
Example: 1 kb × 340 = 340 nm.
In the other direction, 1 nm = 0.00294118 kb.
Every unit
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Tables
kb to nm conversion table
| kb | nm |
|---|---|
| 10 kb | 3,400 nm |
| 100 kb | 34,000 nm |
| 1,000 kb | 340,000 nm |
| 10,000 kb | 3,400,000 nm |
| 100,000 kb | 34,000,000 nm |
| 1,000,000 kb | 340,000,000 nm |
| 10,000,000 kb | 3.4×10⁹ nm |
| 100,000,000 kb | 3.4×10¹⁰ nm |
| 1×10⁹ kb | 3.4×10¹¹ nm |
| 3.1×10⁹ kb | 1.054×10¹² nm |
nm to kb conversion table
| nm | kb |
|---|---|
| 10 nm | 0.0294118 kb |
| 100 nm | 0.294118 kb |
| 1,000 nm | 2.94118 kb |
| 10,000 nm | 29.4118 kb |
| 100,000 nm | 294.118 kb |
| 1,000,000 nm | 2,941.18 kb |
| 10,000,000 nm | 29,411.8 kb |
| 100,000,000 nm | 294,118 kb |
| 1×10⁹ nm | 2,941,180 kb |
| 3.1×10⁹ nm | 9,117,650 kb |
Quick answers
Quick answers
- How many nm is 1 kb?
- 1 kb is 340 nm.
- How many nm is 10 kb?
- 10 kb is 3,400 nm.
The units
About these units
Kilobases (kb)
A thousand base pairs, the working unit for genes and plasmids.
Nanometers (nm)
The real physical length, at 0.34 nm per base pair.
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