Suppose I have, in an experiment, a metallic film that has a thickness of 10 nanometers.
What is the right short, perhaps technical, way to qualify this film with a modifier that describes this characteristic?
(Suppose that nanometer is necessarily abbreviated as "nm").
- We used a 10 nm film.
- We used a 10-nm film.
- We used a 10 nm-film.
I have seen all the options in one place or another.
What if I want to be more specific at the price of more verbosity?
- We used a 10 nm thick film.
- We used a 10-nm thick film.
- We used a 10 nm-thick film.
- We used a 10-nm-thick film.
- We used a 10-nm thick-film.
- ... other?
What do you think is the best option for each group?
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– dubious Dec 24 '23 at 09:51