Physics Study Guide/Physics constants
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Commonly Used Physical Constants [edit]
| Name | Symbol | Value | Units | Relative Uncertainty |
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| Speed of light (in vacuum) | ![]() |
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| Magnetic Constant | ![]() |
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| Electric Constant | ![]() |
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| Newtonian Gravitaional Constant | ![]() |
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| Plank's Constant | ![]() |
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| Elementary charge | ![]() |
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| Mass of the electron | ![]() |
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| Mass of the proton | ![]() |
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| Fine structure constant | ![]() |
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| Molar gass constant | ![]() |
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| Boltzman's constant | ![]() |
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| Avogadro's Number | ![]() |
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| Rydberg constant | ![]() |
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| Standard acceleration of gravity | ![]() |
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| Atmospheric pressure | ![]() |
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| Bohr Radius | ![]() |
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| Electron Volt | ![]() |
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To Be Merged Into Table [edit]
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 (
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= 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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= 1.05457148 × 10−34 J·s