Physics Study Guide/Physics constants

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Commonly Used Physical Constants[edit | edit source]

Uncertainty should be read as 1.234(56) = 1.2340.056
Name Symbol Value Units Relative Uncertainty
Speed of light (in vacuum) (exact)
Magnetic Constant (exact)
Electric Constant (exact)
Newtonian Gravitaional Constant
Plank's Constant
Elementary charge
Mass of the electron
Mass of the proton
Fine structure constant dimensionless
Molar gass constant
Boltzmann's constant
Avogadro's Number
Rydberg constant
Standard acceleration of gravity defined
Atmospheric pressure defined
Bohr Radius
Electron Volt
Luminous efficacy of monochromatic radiation (exact)
hyperfine transition frequency of Cs-133 (exact)
Reduced Planck constant (exact)
atomic mass of Carbon 12
molar mass of Carbon-12
atomic mass constant
molar mass constant
molar volume of silicon
molar Planck constant
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
first radiation constant
first radiation constant for spectral radiance [1]
second radiation constant
Wien wavelength displacement constant
Wien frequency displacement constant
Wien entropy displacement constant
Faraday constant [2]

To Be Merged Into Table[edit | edit source]

This list is prepared in the format

  • Constant (symbol) : value

  • Coulomb's Law Constant (k) : 1/(4 π ε0) = 9.0 × 109 N·m2/C2
  • Faraday constant (F)  : 96,485 C·mol−1
  • Mass of a neutron (mn) : 1.67495 × 10−27 kg
  • Mass of Earth : 5.98 × 1024 kg
  • Mass of the Moon : 7.35 × 1022 kg
  • Mean radius of Earth : 6.37 × 106 m
  • Mean radius of the Moon : 1.74 × 106 m
  • Dirac's Constant () : = 1.05457148 × 10−34 J·s
  • Speed of sound in air at STP : 3.31 × 102 m/s
  • Unified Atomic Mass Unit (u) : 1.66 × 10−27 kg
Item Proton Neutron Electron
Mass 1 1 Negligible
Charge +1 0 -1

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  1. "first radiation constant for spectral radiance". NIST.gov. NIST. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  2. "Faraday constant". NIST.gov. NIST. Retrieved 5 June 2022.