Angstrom Sign
Part of Math Symbols
Angstrom Sign has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- Å
- Unicode
- U+212B
About this symbol
Å, the ångström sign, is a unit of length of a tenth of a nanometre, named after the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström, who used it in 1868 to list the wavelengths of sunlight. Unicode’s notes say the letter Å is preferred, and the sign is kept only for compatibility.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- ANGSTROM SIGN
- Type
- Uppercase letter
- Unicode block
- Letterlike Symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- Non SI length unit (=0.1 nm) named after A. J. Ångström, Swedish physicist
- Preferred representation is 00C5
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