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Physical Constants

A selection of commonly used fundamental constants.

ConstantSymbolValue
Unified atomic massmu1.66043 × 10-27 kg
Mass of hydrogen atommH1.67343 × 10-27 kg
Mass of neutronmn1.67482 × 10-27 kg
Mass of protonmp1.67252 × 10-27 kg
Mass of electronme9.1091 × 10-31 kg
Charge of electrone1.60210 × 10-19 C
Avagadro's numberNA6.02252 × 1023 mol-1
Gas constantR8.3143 JK-1mol-1
Standard temperature and pressures.t.p.273.15 K, 101325 Nm-2
Molar volume at s.t.p.Vm2.24136 × 10-2 m3mol-1
Planck constanth6.6256 × 10-34 Js
Boltzmann constantk1.38054 × 10-19 C
Faraday constantF9.64870 × 104 Cmol-1
Stefan-Boltzmann constantσ5.6704 × 10-8 Wm-2K-4
Velocity of light in vacuumc02.99792 × 108 ms-1