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Fundamental physical constants

ConstantSymbolNumerical value
Gravitational constant G 6.6720·10-11 N·m2·kg-2
Speed of light in vacuum c 2.99792458·108 m·s-1
Magnetic constant μ0 4π·10-7H·m-1 = 1.25663706144·10-6H·m-1
Electric constant ε0 = (μ0c2)-1 8.85418782·10-12 F·m-1
Planck constant h
6.626176·10-34 J·s
Rest mass of the electron me 9.109534·10-31 kg
5.4858026·10-4 amu
Rest energy of the electron mec2 0.5110034 MeV
Rest mass of the proton mp 1.6726485·10-27 kg
1.007276470 amu
Rest energy of the proton mpc2  938.2796 MeV
Rest mass of the neutron mn 1.6749543·10-27 kg 1.008665012 amu
Rest energy of the neutron mnc2 939.5731 MeV
Ratio of the proton mass to the electron mass mp/me 1836.15152
Charge of the electron (absolute value) e 1.6021892·10-19 C
4.803242·10-10 CGSE units
Ratio of the electron charge to its mass e/me 1.7588047·1011 C·kg-1
Bohr magneton μB 9.274078·10-24 J·T-1
Nuclear magneton μN 5.050824·10-24 J·T-1
Magnetic moment of the neutron in nuclear magnetons μn/μN 1.91315
Magnetic moment of the proton in nuclear magnetons μp/μN 2.7928456
Atomic mass unit  (10-3 kg·mol-1)/NA amu 1.6605655(86)·10-27 kg
Masses of atoms in amu:
hydrogen
deuterium
helium-4
 
1H
2H
4He
 
1.007825036
2.014101795
4.002603267
Avogadro constant NA 6.022045·1023 mol-1
Faraday constant F = NAe 96484.56 C·mol-1
Molar gas constant R 8.31441 C·mol-1·K-1
Volume of a mole of an ideal gas under normal conditions (1 atm, T0 = 273.15 K) Vm 22.41383·10-3 m3·mol-1
Boltzmann constant k = R/NA 1.380662·10-23 J·K-1
Fine structure constant α
1/α
0.072973506
137.03604
Rydberg constant R∞  10973731.77 m-1
Radius of the first Bohr orbit a0 0.52917706·10-10 m
Classical radius of the electron re 2.8179380·10-15 m
Josephson ratio 2e/h 4.835939·1014 Hz·V-1
Magnetic flux quantum Φ0 = h/2e 2.0678506·10-15 Wb
Energy equivalents:
amu
1 electronvolt
 
 
 
 

 
931.5016 MeV
1.6021892·10-19 J
 
  1 eV/k
1 eV/hc
1 eV/h
11604.50 K
8065.479 cm-1
2.4179696·1014 Hz