TABLE OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS
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ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION
Astronomical unit 1.496E+11 m
Atomic mass unit 1.66056E-27 kg
Avogadro number 6.022045E+26 /kmol
Bohr radius 5.29177E-11 m
Boltzmann constant 1.38054E-23 J/K
Earth's radius 6.37E+06 m
Electron mass (at rest) 9.10953E-31 kg
5.4859E-04 amu
Electron compton wavelength 2.42631E-12 m
Electron charge 1.602189E-19 C
Electron charge-to-mass ratio 1.7588E+11 C/kg
Faraday constant 9.64846E+07 C/kmol
Fine structure constant 7.2974E-03
Gravitational constant 6.6720E-11 N-m2/kg2
Gravitational acceleration 9.80665 m/s2
Loschmidt Number 2.6870E+19 molecules per cubic centimeter at STP
Magnetic Flux quantum 2.0678E-15 Wb
Molar volume 2.24138E+01 m3/kmol
Neutron mass (at rest) 1.67495E-27 kg
1.00866 amu
Permeability (vaccum) 1.25664E-06 H/m
Permittivity (vacuum) 8.85419E-12 F/m
Planck constatnt 6.6256E-34 J-s
Proton mass (at rest) 1.67265E-27 kg
1.00727 amu
Quantum of circulation 3.63695E-04 J-s/kg
Radiation constant, C1 3.7418E-16 W-m2
Radiation constant, C2 1.43879E-02 m-K
Rydberg constant 1.09737E+07 /m
Solar constant 1367 W/m2
433.3 Btu/ft2-h
Speed of light (vacuum) 2.9979E+08 m/s
Stefan-Boltzman constant 5.6697E-08 W/m2-K4
5.6697E-5 erg/cm2-K4-s
5.6697E-12 W/cm2-K4
1.355E-12 cal/cm2-K4-s
3.658E-11 W/in2-K4
1.798E-08 Btu/ft2-K4-hr
1.714E-09 Btu/ft2-h-°R
5.268E-12 kWh/ft2-K4-hr
4.530E-09 kcal/ft2-K4-hr
1.52E+11 Photons/s-cm2-K3
Sun's radius 6.96E+08 m
Sun's mean substanded full angle 0.532 Degrees
31.99 arc min
Sun-to-earth mean distance, AU 1.496E+11 m
Universal gas constant 8.314E+03 J/kmol-K
8.2056E-02 m3-atm/kmole-K
1.9872 cal/gmol-K
Wien's Displacement 2898. µm-K (for power max)
3669. µm-K (for photons max)
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION (%volume):
N2 78.08%
O2 20.95%
CO2 0.033%
Ar 0.934%
Ne 1.82E-03%
He 5.24E-04%
Kr 1.14E-04%
Xe 8.7E-06%
H2 5.0E-05%
CH4 2.0E-04%
N2O 5.0E-05
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Compiled from various references by Nahum Gat, Ph.D. The values often vary from one reference to another; hopefully this set of constants is self-consistent. Comments and corrections will be appreciated. Please address correspondence to nahum@oksi.com