Orders of magnitude (molar concentration)

This page lists examples of molar concentration. Grouped by orders of magnitude.

List of orders of magnitude for molar concentration

Factor (Molarity)	SI prefix	Value	Item
10−15	fM
10−14
10−13
10−12	pM
10−11		66 pM	gold in seawater
10−10
10−9	nM
10−8
10−7		100 nM	concentration of hydronium and hydroxide ions in water at 25°C
10−6	µM
10−5
10−4		180-480 µM	normal range for uric acid in blood
10−3	mM	5.5 mM	upper bound for healthy blood glucose when fasting
		7.8 mM	upper bound for healthy blood glucose 2 hours after eating
10−2	cM
10−1	dM	140 mM	sodium ions in blood plasma
		480 mM	sodium ions in seawater
100	M
101	daM	25 M	Molarity of helium at solar core
		55.5 M	Molarity of water
102	hM
103	kM

SI multiples

SI multiples of molar (M)

Submultiples			Multiples
Value	SI symbol	Name	Value	SI symbol	Name
10−1 M	dM	decimolar	101 M	daM	decamolar
10−2 M	cM	centimolar	102 M	hM	hectomolar
10−3 M	mM	millimolar	103 M	kM	kilomolar
10−6 M	μM	micromolar	106 M	MM	megamolar
10−9 M	nM	nanomolar	109 M	GM	gigamolar
10−12 M	pM	picomolar	1012 M	TM	teramolar
10−15 M	fM	femtomolar	1015 M	PM	petamolar
10−18 M	aM	attomolar	1018 M	EM	examolar
10−21 M	zM	zeptomolar	1021 M	ZM	zettamolar
10−24 M	yM	yoctomolar	1024 M	YM	yottamolar
10−27 M	rM	rontomolar	1027 M	RM	ronnamolar
10−30 M	qM	quectomolar	1030 M	QM	quettamolar

See also

• Molarity
• Osmolarity
• Metric system
• Scientific notation