FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS

QUANTITY SYMBOL(S) VALUE(S)
Acceleration due to gravity g 9.807 m s-2
Atomic mass unit u 1.660 x 10-27 kg
Avogadro constant NA 6.022 x 1023 mol-1
Bohr magneton μB 9.274 x 10-24 J T-1
Bohr radius a0 5.292 x 10-11 m
Boltzmann constant k
kB
1.380 x 10-23 J K-1
Characteristic impedance of free space Z0 120p Ω
Compton wavelength (e) λCe 2.426 x 10-12 m
Compton wavelength (n) λCn 1.320 x 10-15 m
Compton wavelength (p) λCp 1.321 x 10-15 m
Electron radius τe 2.818 x 10-15 m
Electron volt eV 1.602 x 10-19 J
Elementary charge e 1.602 x 10-19 C
Faraday constant F 9.648 x 104 C mol-1
Fine structure constant a 7.297 x 10-3
Gas constant R 8.314 J K-1 mol-1
1.987 cal oC-1 mol-1
8.206 x 10-2 dm3 atm K-1 mol-1
Gravitational constant G 6.672 x 10-11 N m2 kg-2
Intrinsic impedance h 3.767 x 102
Loschmidt constant NL 2.687 x 1025 m-3
Mass of electron me 9.109 x 10-31 kg
Mass of neutron mn 1.675 x 10-27 kg
Mass of proton mp 1.673 x 10-27 kg
Nuclear magneton μN 5.051 x 10-27 J T-1
Pi (to 12 sig.figs.) π 3.14159265359
Planck constant h 6.626 x 10-34 J s
Rydberg constant R 1.097 x 105 cm-1
Speed of light c 2.998 x 108 m s-1
Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ 5.67 x 10-8 W m-2 K-4
1.712 x 10-9 Btu hr-1 ft2 oR-4
Vacuum permeability μ0 4p x 10-7 J s2 C-2 m -1
4p x 10-7 T2 J-1 m 3
Vacuum permittivity ε0 8.854 x 10-12 J-1 C2 m -1

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