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Nanomaterials Fact Sheet

Engineered nanomaterials are a diverse set of very small-scale substances. They are commonly defined as engineered objects that have at least one dimension between 1 to 100 nanometers (nm), or roughly 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. While some types of nanomaterials occur naturally or are formed incidentally, this fact sheet focuses on nanomaterials that are intentionally designed, engineered and manufactured for use in commercial materials, devices and structures. 

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