Appendix D: Fundamental Physical Constants

Fundamental Physical Constants
Name and Symbol Value
Atomic mass unit (amu) 1.6605402 × 10−27 kg
Avogadro’s number 6.02214076 × 1023 mol−1
Boltzmann’s constant (k) 1.380649 × 10−23 J K−1
Charge-to-mass ratio for electron (e/me) 1.75881962 × 1011 C kg−1
Fundamental unit of charge (e) 1.602176634 × 10−19 C
Electron rest mass (me) 9.1093897 × 10−31 kg
Faraday’s constant (F) 9.6485309 × 104 C mol−1
gas constant (R) 8.205784 × 10−2 L atm mol−1 K−1
= 8.314510 J mol−1 K−1
= 0.08314510 L bar mol−1 K−1
Molar volume of an ideal gas, 1 atm, 0 °C 22.41409 L mol–1
Molar volume of an ideal gas, 1 bar, 0 °C 22.71108 L mol–1
Neutron rest mass (mn) 1.6749274 × 10−27 kg
Planck’s constant (h) 6.62607015 × 10−34 J s
Proton rest mass (mp) 1.6726231 × 10−27 kg
Rydberg constant (R)1.0973731568160 × 107 m−1
= 2.1798723611035 × 10−18 J
Speed of light (in vacuum) (c)2.99792458 × 108 m s−1