Physical Constants and Conversion Factors

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Name Symbol Value(s) Units
Angstrom Unit Å 1.00 x 10-10 m meters
Avogadro number NA 6.02 x 1023 mol-1 (units) per mole
Charge of electron e 1.60 x 10-19 C coulombs
Electron volt eV 1.60 x 10-19 J joules
Speed of light c 3.00 x 108 m s-1 meters per second
Planck's constant h 6.63 x 10-34 J s joule seconds
1.58 x 10-37 kcal s kilocalorie seconds
Universal gas constant R 0.0821 L atm mol-1 K-1 liter atmospheres per mole per kelvin
1.98 cal mol-1 K-1 calories per mole per kelvin
8.31 J mol-1 K-1 joules per mole per kelvin
Atomic mass unit m (amu) 1.66 x 10-24 g grams
Volume standard, liter L 1.00 x 103 cm3 cubic centimeters
1 dm3 cubic decimeters
Standard pressure, atmosphere atm 101.3 kPa kilopascals
760 mmHg millimeters of mercury
760 torr
torr
Heat equivalent, kilocalorie kcal 4.18 x 103 J joules

Physical Constants for H2O
Molal freezing point depression 1.86 °C
Molal boiling point depression 0.52 °C
Heat of fusion 79.72 cal g-1
Heat of vaporization 539.4 cal g-1