Nanosecond (ns) Conversions
A nanosecond (Symbol: ns) is an SI unit of time equal to one billionth of a second, or 10−9 seconds. The term combines the prefix nano- with the basic unit for one-sixtieth of a minute. Time units ranging between 10−8 and 10−7 seconds are typically expressed as tens or hundreds of nanoseconds.
- 0.001 nanoseconds – one picosecond
- 0.5 nanoseconds – the half-life of beryllium-13.
- 0.96 nanoseconds – 100 Gigabit Ethernet Interpacket gap
- 1.0 nanosecond – cycle time of an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 1 GHz (1×109 hertz).
- 1.0 nanosecond – electromagnetic wavelength of 1 light-nanosecond. Equivalent to 0.3m radio band.
- 1.016703362164 nanoseconds (by definition) – time taken by light to travel 1 foot in a vacuum.[n 1]
- 3.3356409519815 nanoseconds (by definition) – time taken by light to travel 1 metre in a vacuum.
- 10 nanoseconds – one "shake", (as in a "shake of a lamb's tail") approximate time of one generation of a nuclear chain reaction with fast neutrons
- 10 nanoseconds – cycle time for frequency 100 MHz (1×108 hertz), radio wavelength 3 m (VHF, FM band)
- 10 nanoseconds – half-life of lithium-12