How wide is a grain of table salt?
0.3 mmAbout 0.012 in · Tiny
A typical table salt crystal is about 0.3 mm across.
🧂0.3 mm
🔬a sperm cell
To scale: a grain of salt is about 6× bigger than a sperm cell.
Things about the same size
- How thick is a sheet of printer paper?0.1 mm
- How thick is a US dollar bill?0.11 mm
- How wide is a human egg cell?0.12 mm
- How long is a dust mite?0.3 mm
- How long is a tardigrade (water bear)?0.5 mm
- How thick is a human fingernail?0.5 mm
- How wide is the lead in a standard mechanical pencil?0.5 mm
- How thick is a credit card?0.76 mm
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].