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Table of Physical Constants

The document provides a table of commonly used physical constants with their symbols and values. It includes constants like the acceleration due to gravity, Avogadro's number, Boltzmann constant, electron mass, proton mass, speed of light, and others. The table serves as a handy reference for values that are often needed but forgotten.

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Table of Physical Constants

The document provides a table of commonly used physical constants with their symbols and values. It includes constants like the acceleration due to gravity, Avogadro's number, Boltzmann constant, electron mass, proton mass, speed of light, and others. The table serves as a handy reference for values that are often needed but forgotten.

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Chemistry

Table of Physical Constants


Commonly Used Constants
From Todd Helmenstine

Need a value for a fundamental physical constant? Typically, these values are learned only on the short term as you are introduced to them and
forgotten as soon as the test or task is finished. When they are needed again, constant searching through the textbook is one way to find the
information again. A better way would be to us this handy reference table.

Constant Symbol Value

acceleration due to gravity g 9.8 m s -2

atomic mass unit amu, mu or u 1.66 x10 -27 kg

Avogadro's Number N 6.022 x 10 23 mol-1

Bohr radius a0 0.529 x 10 -10 m

Boltzmann constant k 1.38 x 10 -23 J K-1

electron charge to mass ratio -e/me -1.7588 x 10 11 C kg -1


electron classical radius re 2.818 x 10 -15 m
2
electron mass energy (J) me c 8.187 x 10 -14 J

electron mass energy (MeV) me c2 0.511 MeV

electron rest mass me 9.109 x 10 -31 kg

Faraday constant F 9.649 x 10 4 C mol-1

fine-structure constant α 7.297 x 10 -3

gas constant R 8.314 J mol-1 K-1

gravitational constant G 6.67 x 10 -11 Nm2 kg -2

neutron mass energy (J) mn c2 1.505 x 10 -10 J


2
neutron mass energy (MeV) mn c 939.565 MeV

neutron rest mass mn 1.675 x 10 -27 kg

neutron-electron mass ratio mn /me 1838.68

neutron-proton mass ratio mn /mp 1.0014

permeability of a vacuum μ0 4π x 10 -7 N A-2

permittivity of a vacuum ε0 8.854 x 10 -12 F m-1

Planck constant h 6.626 x 10 -34 J s

proton mass energy (J) mp c2 1.503 x 10 -10 J


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proton mass energy (MeV) mp c 938.272 MeV

proton rest mass mp 1.6726 x 10 -27 kg

proton-electron mass ratio mp /me 1836.15

Rydberg constant r∞ 1.0974 x 10 7 m-1

speed of light in vacuum C 2.9979 x 10 8 m/s

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