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Fundamental Constants

Quantity
Acceleration of free fall (Earths surface) Gravitational constant Avogadros constant Gas constant Boltzmanns constant StefanBoltzmann constant

Symbol
g G NA R k

Approximate Value
9.81ms2 6.671011 Nm2 kg2 6.021023 mol1 8.31JK1mol1 1.381023 JK1 5.67108Wm2K4

Metric (SI) multipliers


Prefix
tera giga mega kilo hecto deca deci centi milli micro nano pico femto

Abbreviation
T G M k h da d c m n p f

Value
1012 109 106 103 102 101 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12 10-15

Unit Conversions
1 light year (ly) = 9.46*1015 m 1 parsec (pc) = 3.26ly 1 astronomical unit (AU) = 1.50*1011 m 1 radian (rad) = 1800 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3.60*106 J 1 atm = 1.01*105 Nm-2 = 101kPa = 760mm Hg

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