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| Convert from square kilometer to barn |
Unit Definition (square kilometer) The square kilometer is a common metric unit of area. One square kilometer equals 100 hectares, 10E6 square meters, approximately 247.105 acres, or approximately 0.386 102 square mile. Unit Definition (barn) The Barn is a slightly humorous unit of area used in nuclear physics. When atoms are bombarded with smaller particles such as electrons, the electrons are scattered as if the nucleus of the atom was a tiny solid object. The barn is used to express the apparent cross-sectional area of this scattering object. One barn is equal to 1E-28 square meters. Using this unit, physicists can say that such and such a nucleus is "as big as a barn", or 10 barns, or whatever. The proper SI unit to use for these measurements is the square femtometer (fm2); one barn equals 100 fm2.
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