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Wildfire smoke falls under the category of pollutants known as PM2.5, which describes particles in the air smaller than 2.5 microns.
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Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Wildfire smoke is one of several sources of a type of air pollution called PM, fine particulate matter in which the particles are no larger than 2.5 microns wide.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2025
The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum, is less than the width of a human hair, said Loughborough University researchers.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Everything was studied at fractions of a millimeter and microns.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Wildfire smoke is one of several sources of a type of air pollution called PM, fine particulate matter in which the particles are no larger than 2.5 microns wide.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2025
The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum, is less than the width of a human hair, said Loughborough University researchers.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Everything was studied at fractions of a millimeter and microns.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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“Micron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micron. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän 
Medical Definition
micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
called also micrometer, mu
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