recommended values of physical constants

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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