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Convert square kilometer to barn
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What is a Square Kilometer?
The Square Kilometer is a unit of area equal to the area of a square with sides one kilometer long. It is commonly used for measuring the area of larger regions such as countries or large land areas (1 square kilometer = 1,000,000 square meters).
What is a Barn?
The Barn (b) is a unit of area primarily used in nuclear physics to express the cross-sectional area of nuclei and elementary particles. One barn is equal to 10-28 square meters.
square kilometer to barn Conversion Table
| square kilometer | barn |
|---|---|
| 0.01 square kilometer | 1.0e+32 barn |
| 0.1 square kilometer | 1.0e+33 barn |
| 1 square kilometer | 1.0e+34 barn |
| 2 square kilometer | 2.0e+34 barn |
| 3 square kilometer | 3.0e+34 barn |
| 5 square kilometer | 5.0e+34 barn |
| 10 square kilometer | 1.0e+35 barn |
| 20 square kilometer | 2.0e+35 barn |
| 50 square kilometer | 5.0e+35 barn |
| 100 square kilometer | 1.0e+36 barn |
| 1000 square kilometer | 1.0e+37 barn |
How to Convert square kilometer to barn
1 square kilometer = 1.0E+34 barn
1 barn = 1.0E-34 square kilometer
Example: convert 15 square kilometer to barn:
15 × 1.0E+34 = 1.5E+35 barn