PHYSICS RESOURCES DATABASE
PHYSICAL CONSTANTS
The value of physical quantities have been written in a format so that the number can be copied and pasted into a spreadsheet for calculations. For example, 6.022x1023 ® 6.022E23 and 1.381x10-23 ® 1.381E-23.
|
QUANTITY |
SYMBOL |
VALUE |
UNIT |
|
Avagadro's number |
NA |
6.022E23 |
mol-1 |
|
Bohr radius |
ao or r1 |
5.292E-11 |
m |
|
Bohr magneton |
m B |
9.274E-24 |
J.T-1 |
|
Boltzmann constant |
k or kB |
1.381E-23 8.617E-5 |
J.K-1 eV.K-1 |
|
Coulomb force constant |
k or ko 1/4p e o |
8.988E9 |
N.m2.C-2 |
|
Electron charge |
e |
1.602E-19 |
C |
|
Electron charge/mass ratio |
e/me |
1.759E11 |
C.kg-1 |
|
Electron Compton wavelength |
l C |
2.426E-12 |
m |
|
Electron magnetic moment |
m e |
9.285E-24 |
J.T-1 |
|
Electron mass |
me |
9.109E-31 |
kg |
|
Electron rest energy |
mec2 |
0.511 |
MeV |
|
Faraday constant |
F |
9.649E4 |
C.mol-1 |
|
Gravitation constant |
G |
6.673E-11 |
N.m2.kg-2 |
|
Neutron mass |
mN |
1.674929E-27 1.00866 |
kg u |
|
Neutron magnetic moment |
m N |
9.662E-27 |
J.T-1 |
|
Neutron rest energy |
mNc2 |
939.566 |
MeV |
|
Permeability of free space |
m o |
1.257E-6 |
T.m.A-1 |
|
Permeability constant Bio-Savart constant |
m o/4pk' |
1.000E-7 |
T.m.A-1 |
|
Permittivity of free space |
e o |
8.854E-12 |
C2.N-1.m-2 |
|
Planck's constant |
h |
6.626E-34 4.136E-15 |
J.s eV.s |
|
Planck's constant (hbar) |
h |
1.055E-34 6.582E-16 |
J.s eV.s |
|
Proton magnetic moment |
m P |
1.411E-26 |
J.T-1 |
|
Proton mass |
mP |
1.672623E-27 1.007276 |
kg u |
|
Proton rest energy |
mPc2 |
938.272 |
MeV |
|
Rydberg constant |
R |
1.097E7 |
m-1 |
|
Speed - light |
c |
2.99792458E8 |
m.s-1 |
|
Speed - sound (air @ 20°C) |
|
343 |
m.s-1 |
|
Stefan Boltzmann constant |
s |
5.671E-8 |
W.m-2.K-4 |
|
Universal gas constant |
R |
8.315 |
J.mol-1.K-1 |
|
Wien's displacement constant |
|
2.898E-3 |
m.K |