The wall of a single-walled carbon nanotube is only one carbon atom thick and the tube diameter is approximately ____ times smaller than a human hair.
A)10
B)1,000
C)10,000
D)100,000

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A single-walled carbon nanotube has a diameter of about 1 nanometer, while a human hair is approximately 100,000 nanometers thick, making the nanotube about 10,000 times smaller.

The Wall of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Is Only One