Physical Constants Gas Constant R —8.314674/K +mol Bolizmann’s Constant & 1.381 x 107° Jfatom K = 8.62 x 10‘ atom K, Plank’s Constant h 6.625 x 10-4 (J-s) Electronic charge e 16x lOO Velocity of light © 2.998 x 10°m|s Permittivity of free space Sp BBS x 1O-P C/Tem Rest mass of electron m9. 10°“¢kg) Avogadro's Constant Nx 6.022 x 10° particles/mole Gravitational Acceleration 9.81 m/s? Foraday’s Constant F 96,487 Clequivalent Permeability of free space yy 4 x 10 Wb/A-m Conversions Length tm = 1014 1 A= 10° m Tm = 10? nm Jam = 10°? m Tm = 108 pr Im= 10m Im= 10° mm Imm = 10 *m Im = 10? em Tom = 102 1 mm = 0.0394in 4mm Volume Hem = 0.394in 2Stem 1m’ = 10°em* Im=328n 1 = 0.3048 mm? = 10-Sen! Im’ =353210 Mass Lem’ = 0.0610in* IMg Tkg=10°Mg TL =10°em’ Lem’ = 10L Ig-10%ke —— Leal(US)=3.78SL_— IL ~ 0.264 gal 2.2085 Ib by, = 0.4536 ke Sx 10 Ib Hby, = 453.6 Density Force kg/m = 10°? g/cm! I g/em* = 10° kg/m? IN=CV/m=J/m I Mg/m? = 1 g/em? g/m’ = 1 Me/m? N= 10° dynes 0,06241b,,/f Lb, /tt! = 16.02kg/m* IN = 0.2248 Ib, 624 by /1 1 by /f = 1.602% 10°? g/m’ Ldyne = 10° N Hgjem? =00361Tb,/in? IIb, /in® = 27.7 g/em* 1b; = 4448N Energy 11 = 624 10%eV 14 =0.289¢al TeV = 1602 10° 15 = 10° ergs VeV =3.83< 10 "eal 1Btu= 2520cal_ Leal = 261 10eV Leal =4.184 1J=1Nem=1W | eV/particle = 96,500 J/mole Photon energy: £ = 1.24eV at \ = 1yum ‘Thermal energy (@300K) AT = 0.02582V Pover IW =3414Buyh Teal/s = 14.29 Btu/h 1 RW = 1.341 bp, 1Biu/h=0293W. 1Btu/h = 0.070cal/s T hp = 0.7457 kW.Heat Capacity Ly/kg-K = 2.39 x 10 feal/e-K Leal/e°C = 1.0Btu/lby + F 1 Biu/Iby «°F = 4184 /ke-K “Thermal Conductivity 1W/m-+K = 2.39 107 calfem+s+K Jcal/om+s-K = 241.8 Blu/Ft-h» F 1Biu/Fe-h°F = 1.730 W/m -K Pressure (or stress) LfkgsK = 2.39 x 10° Bulb F C= 41841/ke-K F = 1eal/e-K 1W/m-K = 0.578 Bu/FUh F ealfem+s+K, 1 Btu/Ftoh- F = 4.136 % 10-Seal/em-s-K. 418.4W/m-K Horr = 130Pa IMP ~ 145 psi I MPa = 0.102 kg/mm? 1 Pa = 10dynes/em* I kg/mm? = 1422 psi 1Pa = 1 N/m? 1 aum = 1.013 x 10° Pa = 0.1MPa Ubar = 10° Pa 760 orr Horr = 1m He. 6.90 x 10° MPa kg/mm? = 9.806 MPa | dyne/em? = 0.10 Pa pst = 7.03 (0 "kg/mm? Lore = 1.316% 10° atm 1Pa = 9.869 x 10°F atm 1Pa = 10°° bar ImmHg = | torr Unit Abbreviations ‘aum= atmosphere = hour mol=mole A =ampere J= joule MPa = megapascal ‘A=angstrom K =deprees Kelvin N-=newton C=Coulomb kg—kilogram nm = nanometer C= degrees Celsius 1 liter Pa = pascal cal = calorie (gram) m=meter s=second centimeter Mg=megagram ‘T=temperature min =minute W = watt mm =millimeter um = micrometer (micron) SI Multiple and Submultiple Prefixes Multiplier Prefix Symbol Multiplier Prefix. Symbol ro! xa E 10 mili om 10! pia P ws micro wo? era 10° maroon 0" fia = G we pico op 10° mesa M 10 femo 10 hilo k 0" allo a 10? enti Joule = Newton » Metro kgs? + kgm? /s?