Femtosecond facts for kids

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A femtosecond is one billionth of one millionth, or one quadrillionth of a second. It can be written as 10^-15 second. Even shorter than this is an attosecond.

200 femtoseconds - the fastest chemical reactions
300 femtoseconds - how long it takes for the atoms of an iodine molecule to vibrate

Orders of magnitude (time), by powers of seconds

Negative powers	Planck time <1 attosecond Attosecond Femtosecond Picosecond Nanosecond Microsecond Millisecond

Positive powers	Second Decasecond Hectosecond Kilosecond Megasecond Gigasecond Terasecond and longer

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