Physical Constants

Physical constants in SI Units - Reference table with values and formulas

DescriptionSymbolFormulaValue (SI)Unit
Absolute zero, temperature0 K / -273.15 °CK
Acceleration of gravity at earth's surfaceg9.81m/s²
Atmospheric pressure at sea level1.01325×10⁵N/m²
Atomic mass unit1.660540×10⁻²⁷kg
Avogadro's constantNₐ6.022141×10²³mol⁻¹
Base of natural logarithmse2.718281828
Bohr magnetonμBe h/4πmₑ9.274009994×10⁻²⁴Am²
Bohr radiusa₀ε₀h²/π mₑe²5.2917721067×10⁻¹¹m
Boltzmann constantkR/Nₐ1.38064852×10⁻²³J/K
Charge of electrone1.602176×10⁻¹⁹C
Faraday constantFe Nₐ9.648533289×10⁴C/mol
Fine structure constantα7.29720×10⁻³
Gas constant (molar, ideal)R8.3144598J/mol·K
Gravitational constantG6.67408×10⁻¹¹m³/kg·s²
Mass of electron (rest mass)mₑ9.10938356×10⁻³¹kg
Mass of neutronmₙ1.67492747×10⁻²⁷kg
Mass of protonmₚ1.67262190×10⁻²⁷kg
Permeability of a vacuumμ₀4π×10⁻⁷H/m
Permittivity of a vacuumε₀1/μ₀c₀²8.854187817×10⁻¹²F/m
Planck's constanth6.626070040×10⁻³⁴J·s
Radiation constant, firstC₁2πhc²3.741844×10⁻¹⁶W·m²
Radiation constant, secondC₂hc/k1.438833×10⁻²m·K
Ratio of a circle's circumference to diameterπC/d3.141592653
Rydberg constantR∞mₑe⁴/8ε₀²h³c₀1.097373156×10⁷m⁻¹
Speed of light in vacuumc₀2.99792458×10⁸m/s
Stefan-Boltzmann constantσ5.670367×10⁻⁸W/m²·K⁴
Volume ideal gas, 1 atm, 0°CVₘ22413.6 cm³/molcm³/mol
Volume ideal gas, 1 atm, 25°CVₘ24466.1 cm³/molcm³/mol