Natural Constants

Physical Constants

Quantity

Symbol

Value

SI unit

Speed of light in a vacuum

c

3.00 x 108

m/s

Permittivity of a vacuum

 

8.85 x 10-12

F/m

Permeability of a vacuum

 

4pi x 10

N/A2

Elementary charge

e

1.60 x 10-19

C

Electron rest mass

me

9.11 x 10-31

kg

Proton rest mass

mp

1.67 x 10-27

kg

Neutron rest mass

mn

1.67 x 10-27

kg

Planck's constant

h

6.63 x 10-34

J·s

Coulomb's constant

ke

8.99 x 109

N·m2/C2

Avogadro's constant

NA

6.02 x 1023

1/gmol

Molar gas constant

R

8.31

J/mol·K

Boltzmann's constant

kB

1.38 x 10-23

J/K

Stefan-Boltzmann constant

 

5.67 x 10-8

W/m2·K4

Molar volume of ideal gas at STP

V

22.4

L/mol

Rydberg constant

R

1.10 x 107

1/m

Bohr radius

a0

5.29 x 10-11

M

Electron Compton wavelength

h/mec

2.43 x 10-12

M

Gravitational Constant

G

6.67 x 10-11

m3/kg·s2

Standard gravity

g

9.80

m/s2

Radius of the Earth (at the equator)

RE

6.38 x 106

M

Mass of the Earth

ME

5.98 x 1024

Kg

Radius of the Moon

Rm

1.74 x 106

M

Mass of the Moon

Mm

7.36 x 1022

Kg

Electron charge magnitude

e

1.602 x 10-19

C

Permeability of free space

0

Pi x 10-7

T·m/A

Permittivity of free space

0

8.85 x 10-12

C2/(N·m2)

Universal gas constant

R

8.31

J/(mol·K)

Dielectric

Dielectric Constant

Air

1.00059

Ethanol

25

Fused Quartz

3.78

Germanium

16

Neoprene Rubber

6.7

Nylon

3.4

Paper

3.7

Polystyrene

2.56

Porcelain

6.5

Silicon

12

Strontium Titanate

233-310

Teflon

2.1

Vacuum

1.000 (called "unity")

Water at 20°C

80.4

Water at 25°C

78.5

Water (in general)

80