Numbers Representing Scientific Quantities
- Avogadro constant: NA = 6.0221417930... ×1023 mol−1
- Coulomb's constant: k e = 8.987551787368...
- Electronvolt: eV = 1.60217648740... ×10–19 J
- Electron relative atomic mass: Ar(e) = 0.0005485799094323...
- Fine structure constant: α = 0.007297352537650...
- Gravitational constant: G = 6.67384...
- Molar mass constant: Mu = 0.001 kg/mol
- Planck constant: h = 6.6260689633... ×10–34 Js
- Rydberg constant: R∞ = 10973731.56852773... m−1
- Speed of light in vacuum: c = 299792458 m/s
- Stefan-Boltzmann constant: σ = 5.670400×10−8 W • m−2 • K−4
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