CHAPTERS BY WACEK KIJEWSKI
# Chapter 14 Physical Constants
π = 3.14159
e = 2.71828
1 radian =
=57.2958 degrees
acceleration due to gravity in Cape Town |
= 9.7966 m/s² |
acceleration due to gravity in Gaborone |
= 9.7860 m/s² |
acceleration due to gravity on Equator |
= 9.7803 m/s² |
acceleration due to gravity in Budapest |
= 9.8085 m/s² |
acceleration due to gravity in London |
= 9.8118 m/s² |
acceleration due to gravity in North Pole |
= 9.8322 m/s² |
acceleration due to gravity on the Moon |
= 1.66 m/s² |
gravitational constant (G) |
= 6.672 × 10-11 N m2 kg-2 |
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speed of sound in air |
= 330 – 333 m/s |
speed of sound in water |
= 1500 m/s |
speed of sound in steel |
= 5000 m/s |
speed of light in a vacuum (c) |
= 2.99793 × 108 m/s |
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standard volume of an ideal gas |
= 22.41 dm3 |
Avogadro's constant |
= 6.022 × 1023 mol-1 |
proton rest mass |
= 1.673 × 10-27 kg |
electron rest mass |
= 9.110 × 10-31 kg |
charge on a proton or electron (±e) |
= ± 1.602 × 10-19 C |
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charge of 1C |
= 6.241 × 1018 electrons |
charge/mass ratio for an electron (-e/m) |
= -1.759 × 1011 C kg-1 |
Planck's constant (h) |
= 6.626 × 10-34 J s |
radius of electron |
= 2.818 × 10-15 m |
α particle, mass |
= 6.645 × 10-27 kg |
radius of hydrogen atom |
= 5.292 × 10-11 m |
temperature of absolute zero |
= -273.16 °C |
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