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Thermal quantities and quantities of molecular physics

Thermal quantities and quantities of molecular physics
Name Symbol
Absolute humidity a
Gas constant (molar) R
Quantity of heat Q
Efficiency η
Relative humidity φ
Relative molecular mass Mr
Avogadro constant (number) NA, L
Boltzmann constant k
Loschmidt constant (number) NL, L0
Curie temperature (point) TC
Temperature on the Celsius scale t, θ 
Thermodynamic temperature (absolute temperature) T
Temperature coefficient of linear expansion α, αl
Temperature coefficient of volume expansion β, αv
Specific heat capacity c
Specific heat of vaporisation r
Specific heat of fusion λ
Specific heat of combustion of fuel (abbreviated: heat of combustion of fuel) q, Q
Number of molecules N
Internal energy U