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- noun A unit of
mass equal to 0.000 000 000 000 001grams . Symbol:fg
Etymologies
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Examples
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The scale can now measure living cells and nanoparticles down to a femtogram, or about the weight of an E. coli bacterium.
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The mass of the cell can be calculated from that change in frequency, with a resolution as low as a femtogram (10-15 grams).
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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
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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
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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
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It’s extraordinarily frugal, consuming less than a femtogram of material.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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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
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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.
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