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Square Meter [m²]
A square meter (m²) is the SI unit of area. It represents the area of a square with sides that are 1 meter long. Square meters are commonly used to measure spaces like rooms, land, and buildings. For example, a room that is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide has an area of 20 m² (5 × 4 = 20).
Barn [b]
A barn (b) is a very small unit of area used mainly in nuclear and particle physics to measure the cross-sectional area of atomic nuclei and particles.
1 barn = 10⁻²⁸ square meters (m²).
The name "barn" humorously refers to something “as big as a barn” in the tiny world of atomic scales, despite its extremely small size.