How wide is the ball in a medium Bic Cristal pen?
1 mmAbout 0.039 in · Tiny
1.0 mm. The fine version uses a 0.8 mm ball.
🖊️1 mm
📄a sheet of paper's thickness
To scale: a pen's ball tip is about 10× bigger than a sheet of paper's thickness.
Things about the same size
- 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
- How thick is a US dime?1.35 mm
- How thick is a US quarter?1.75 mm
- How thick is a 1 euro coin?2.33 mm
- How long is a flea?2.5 mm
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].