Recommended values of Physical Constants
|
Quantity |
Symbol |
Value |
|
Speed of light in vacuum |
c |
299 792 458 m s-1 (exact) |
|
Permeability of vacuum |
m 0 |
4p ´ 10-7 N.A-2 = 12.566 370 614´ 10-7 N A-2 (exact) |
|
permittivity of vacuum |
e 0 |
1/ m 0c2 = 8.854 187 817 ´ 10-12 F m-1 (exact) |
|
Newtonian constant of gravitation |
G |
6.672 ´ 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2 |
|
Planck constant |
h |
6.626 07´ 10-34 J s= 4.135 669 ´ 10-15 eV s |
|
Elementary charge |
e |
1.602 177´ 10-19 C |
|
electron mass |
me |
9.109 38 ´ 10-31 kg |
|
Proton mass |
mp |
1.672 623´ 10-27 kg |
|
Rydberg constant |
R¥ |
10 973 731.5 m-1 |
|
Avogadro constant |
NA |
6.022 13´ 1023 mol-1 |
|
Faraday constant NAe |
F |
96 485.3 C mol-1 |
|
molar gas constant |
R |
8.314 5 J mol-1 K-1 |
|
Boltzmann constant, R/NA |
k |
1.380 65´ 10-23 J K-1 =8.617 3´ 10-5 eV K-1 |
|
Stefan-Boltzmann constant |
s |
5.670 5´ 10-8 W m-2 K-4 |
|
Wein displacement law constant |
b |
2.897 7´ 10-3 m K |
|
Electron volt |
eV |
1.602 177´ 10-19 J |
|
(unified) atomic mass unit |
u=mu=(1/12)m(C12) |
1.660 54 ´ 10-27 kg |
|
Bohr magneton, |
eh/2me = m B |
9.274 01 ´ 10-24 J T-1 = 5.788 382 ´ 10-5 eV T-1
|
|
Nuclear magneton |
eh/2mp =m N |
5.050 78 ´ 10-27 J T-1 = 3.152 451 ´ 10-8 eV T-1 |
|
Standard acceleration of gravity |
g |
9.806 65 m s-2 (exact) |
|
Standard atmosphere |
atm |
101 325 Pa (exact) |
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