VISUAL PHYSICS ONLINE

 

VALUES OF PHYSICAL

QUANTITIES AND CONSTANTS

 

 

             FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS

 

speed of light

c

3.00´108 

m.s-1

electron charge

e, qe

1.602´10-19

C

electron mass

me

9.109´10-31 

kg

proton mass

mp

1.6726´10-27 

kg

neutron mass

mn

1.6749´10-27 

kg

atomic mass unit (amu)

u

1.6605x10-27

kg

Planck’s constant

h

6.626´10-34 

J.s

permittivity of free space

e0

 

8.85x10-12

C2.N-1.m-2

Coulomb constant

 

8.85x10-12

C2.N.m-2

permeability of free space

m0

 

4px10-7

T.m.A-1

magnetic force constant    

 

2.0´10-7 

N.A-2

 

acceleration due to gravity

g

 

9.81

m.s-2

Gravitational constant

G

 

6.67x10-11

N.m2.kg-2

Avogadro’s number

NA

 

6.02x1023

mol-1

Boltzmann’s constant

k

 

1.38x10-23

J.K-1

Universal gas constant

R

 

8.315

J.mol-1.K-1

Stefan-Boltzmann constant

s

 

 

5.67x10-8

W.m-2.K-4

Rydberg constant

R

 

1.0974x107

m-1

 

 

            USEFUL DATA

absolute zero

 

0 K 

-273.15 oC

Earth’s mass

ME

 

5.97x1024

kg

Earth’s radius

RE

 

6.38x106

m

Moon’s mass

Mm

 

7.35x1022

kg

Moon’s radius

RM

 

1.74x106

m

Sun’s mass

MS

 

1.99x1030

kg

Sun’s radius

RS

 

6.96x108

m

Distance: Earth – Sun

RES

 

1.496x1011

m

Distance: Earth – Moon

REM

 

3.84x108

m